On the way home from hunting today, I saw two nice bucks with does in two different cut fields off the turn-pike. The one doe was bedded and the buck was standing by her right in the middle of the field during daylight. Similar for the other. Is this a strategy for keeping other bucks away from a hot doe? I've never seen this before. This is the first year in five season that I've actually seen any kind of rutting activity on my properties.