Somewhere around 0730 to my right my attention had been caught, pulling up my binos I could see a buck staring further into the woods. In short order I got a glimpse of a doe streaking through the woods with a better buck in tow , both on a dead run into a hay field. It was a deer that I already said if I were to see him again he wasn’t getting another pass.
(I had passed this buck the first time that I had seen him with regret! He had presented me multiple shots in October at 8 yds. I’m always good for watching deer walk away that I should shoot, plus I seem to like pain and suffering.)
She had tucked into a fence row 150 yds across from me, he was keeping an eye on her as he would walk up and down the down wind side of the fence keeping her in check. Hethen went into the cluster with her disappearing for 10 min. I knew that they were still there even though I couldn’t see them as the subordinate buck was bedded in the field facing them, which would be bedding the wrong way into the wind.
As I sat there contemplating getting down and making a move on them as everything was perfect for it except, one thing. The subordinate would pick me off.