hey i think you had a great hunt.but what a good story.now i know that it can happen to anyone.  YEA!  

it was a great hunt, i laughed,     and walked away smiling!  

Great story Ken, I'm still laughing.

fool me once shame on you, wool me twice shame on me!! this is the secound day in a row a deer has snuck in exactly behind me! right around 8:00 i here leaves crucnhing directly behing me and its CLOSE! i turn my head to see a BIG 4 point about 20 yards behind me. very large body and nice white antler. the squrriels had been waging war all around me and i guess he slipped in during a furious game of tree rat tag. he has got me pinned asi can not shot behing me due to the tree, i must wait for him to pass or go to the side all the while i am still sitting and need to stand. i wait untill he goes behind my tree and try to quietly satnd. NOPE stupid move their, he instantly froze. i try ti ready myself for a shot and this makes him turn tail and get the hell out of Dodge! all i can do is watch him walk off. i knew i should have sstayed seated untill he passed, i also should have been standind as this is the THRID time deer have come in around 8am. i should know better, you will not have to hit my side the head with a cinder block next time!! i have moved my stand 35 yards down the trail where deer have come from 3 times in a row now. you can also bet sweet Aunt Bettys bottom that i will be standing from 6:30-9am next time in that stand!
After i got down i back traced where the buck had come from and found a scarpe he had just made, i problem heard him doing it butpassed it off as squrriels. you could smell the urine no problem! my stand is on that trail about 25 yards from the scrape. i have another stand with in view of this stand and hope to put Bow Spirit in it soon. ya live and you learn i guess and i am enjoying it all. you just can't beat this game of cat and mouse!!!!!

Go Git'em Brother!!!!!

(and git yerself a 5 gallon bucket,and practice shooting sitting down!!!!!)

Ken -that 4 pointer didn't happen to walk by where I was sitting?

John,
    the scrape is 20 yards from where you sat bro!!!  

I had a feeling that I should have taken the day off and went hunting with you. Its only a matter of time before you get a good shot there. Good Luck the rest of the week.

Chuck,
     i am auctually thinking about returing to the groun in certail situations and this might be one of them. i have a GREAT person to learn from with John as he knows his bussiness on the ground. he had set up the day before with in spitting distance of where the buck came through and made the scrape.

looking like round 3 in the morning with a little fresh snow to learn a bit more of the area. got my stand in a new position and i am looking really forward to hunting!!!!!