So i didn't get moving quite as smoothly as I had hoped. I get situated and pull up my bag and secure it to my stand, then I pull up my crossbow and go to put a bolt in and the damnthing falls to the ground. Thankfully I have another in the quiver.
The morning was cooler than I anticipated and with the wind I was swaying and chilly.
Got some cool rut action that I posted about in the live from the stand thread. 6 point came trotting out of the thicket below me and kept looking down hill. I then saw a doe break cover and come running up the hill with a spike dogging her every step of the way. She got tiredof him sniffing her butt and ran around my stand and then stopped next to the 6pt. He sniffed her for a bit and then tried to mount her but the spike snort wheezed and they ran off.
I dozed a bit. Squirrels returned with a vengeance and the wind continued but at least it was sunny.
Then a few minutes after 5 I see movement through the brush about 100 yards away. First one, then two and then a third doe come out into the cut corn and start feeding. They are acting very relaxed. I put my binos down and look around and then I see (comparatively) a HUGE bodied deer trotting into the corn. I see antler from 100+ yards and the heart starts hammering. I pull up, long tines,, great body, looks mature, then he turns his head and he's missing 1/2....doh!
I continue too watch him but without as much interest. I'm mentally wondering how my target buck (he resembles him) lost a whole beam in the last week.
One of the other guys who only bowhunts the farm is here this week and tonight as we're comparing notes and plans for tomorrow he shares these photos with me.
This is the buck I saw unless we somehow have 2 left side half racks running around.
Earlier photos of what's probably him, looks at the right side, two beans? and the main one is skinny which would break easily
there i was......
