operation antelope quest: over the weekend

Got out three or four times over the weekend and still no luck.  Not for lack of effort, lack of skill? maybe.  I messed with and stalked  the same buck on three different occasions.  We have been calling this particular buck "mouthpiece" because of how vocal he has been. Two weeks ago he was with 30 does, and now...nada, flying solo. The first occasion we stumbled upon each other at probably 45 yards.  He was quicker to run than I was to do just about anything other than think to myself, whoa he is right there.  That was about a 3 second ordeal untill he bailed......quickly.  As far as other happenings I watched 3 bucks on a ridge about 2/3 of a mile away, evenly spaced out, talking back and forth.  One was a brute, the other two good bucks.  I saw two big boys with does, one that resembled a bulldog,  he was significantly stouter than the other 3 dozen pronghorn in the field.  He was the only buck i saw chase another buck, only a 100 yards or so, and he tolerated him feeding fairly close.  I also may have seen a buck we called "noodles'' 3 years ago.  I guess that there is a chance he was young and his unique architecture is a giveaway. I hope to get another glance at him.  The rut is probably grinding between 1st and second gear if it was a five speed. Starting to get a little down, but hopefully the decoy will be a good tool in the weeks to come.