You ain't gonna believe this one...
I'm chasing two different bucks. One is at the top of my list. He hasn't shown in daylight yet. Tonight, with a few minutes of shooting time left, he shows. As he walks at 40 yards (mind you, I can't see very far with all that snow on the branches) he takes his time to head toward some doe further out, turn and chase a smaller buck behind him, feed... Etc...
He finally starts to turn my way, release on the loop, and... Crash!!! A branch breaks in a tree behind me and slams to the ground. Off he runs. Are you fugging serious?!?!?
That was the third branch that snapped tonight. The first two happened early in the hunt. This one had perfect timing. I hear ya up there deer God. I hear ya. You're mad at me for something. Are we even yet?