Deer should be ripping during the rut in 21. As a reminder, The North end of 21 is almost all private land, there are low numbers of deer, trespassing is a huge issue, and if you are not hunting the National Forest, you only have a few thousand acres to hunt on. If you come across a fenceline it is private land and this land is all guided on and/or patrolled. The public non-National forest is not fenced. Cross fences in the North end of 21 and you will be busted. Don't mean to be short, but as usual, this year has been a wonderful year for us busting trespassers in the North end of 21. VERY VERY Little public land in North 21 that is HEAVILY hunted most every day by a bunch of locals from the Alamo area from September through who knows when...bear/deer/elk/anything moves season is a serious deer limitting factor here. It's sad but there is a camp of "deer hunters" from the Alamo/Magdalena area on the little bit of public land here that manages to elude the Fish and Game in N 21 yet trespasses and poaches damned near 3 months straight every year and has done so for many many years. Thanks to bear tags these guys hunt every day of the fall season...and absolutely pound the deer on private and public land in this area. When I asked a couple of the guys I busted this year what the hell they thought they were doing they said "well, we didn't think anybody knew we were in here and we've been doing it for a long long time, it's just where we hunt..." I don't meant to put a damper on your hunt but this is an area that is out of control due to very little public access, too many hunters, and which the F&G seemingly cares nothing about.