Mason and I have spent the last couple of evenings hunting, and we have been doing it the way I learned to hunt as a kid! We've just been sneaking around, peeking into likely feeding areas and having a blast. Yesterday, he put the sneak on a lone doe that busted him before getting in range and followed that up by getting awful close to a group of 8. I watched that adventure from a distance and saw as two deer he had not previously seen busted him. He was 20 yards or so from them before they picked him up... that was fun to watch.
So today we did more of the same. The first buck we spotted in the corner of a bean field and made a good stalk to get within 40 yards or so. As it played out, the small buck then turned and headed our way! Since he was not one we wanted to shoot, we didn't bother concealing ourselves and once he was within 10 yards or so he spotted us and blew. When he bolted, he scared a squirrel that was within feet of us. That just added to the memory.
Shortly after all that excitement, we had another small buck come within 20 yards or so as we hid in the brush, he had a bigger buddy with him but I couldn't see it well enough to know how much bigger he was. We walked up on another deer on our way back to the truck too. We've had a lot more fun than we would have if we had been hanging on the side of a tree and I am not at all worried about messing up any stands in the area as we don't even have any up on this farm! ha!
Here is a video clip...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1s2NpgG9AQ&feature=youtu.be