Buck Movement

Question...

Spent the afternoon in the blind and saw 3 does on the wheat field and at the feeder. About 5pm a Spike buck came out and started chasing the does. I decided to sneak out a little early and see if i could see any hogs or coyotes on the walk back to the truck. I walked about 200 yards and saw a Buck Courting a Doe in a low creek area. My Thought was.. well i guess the rut is still in full swing... walked about another 1/2 mile and saw two shadows exit the woods and come out in the open field i was walking in.. they got closer.. I knelled down to use a little bit of what light was left on the horizon and Saw each had a Huge Set of Antlers on them.. They were prob about 20-30 yards from me and stopped and scoped me out. I looked thru the scope, one was a big 8 point and the other was a big 10 point... They ended up trotting off.

My question is... Do bucks Run together when the rut is over?

Do not see mature bucks group back up very often this early, but it could happen. My guess is there might have been a doe that you did not see since it is unusual for 2 older bucks to not run from you at that close of a distance.