Check this out. a little long. question

[mohunter82]

Morning:
So i see my first frost of the morning. Perfect. or so i thought. i bust 2 deer out just trying to get to my stand. as soon as i get up in my stand i see a one yearling doe. Too far oh well. a little later i catch a glimpse of 2 deer walking to my right way out of range. i grunt and what do they do. walk right under my stand. to bad it wasn't the one i was in! I begin to second guess my stand choice for the morning. I lean down to get a glance under a part of the canopy that is still remaining. and guess what here comes a deer right aat me. broadside at 30 yards and what do i see but a 2 year old fork horn with nubs for eye guards. after he presents me with 4 different shot opportunities at less than 12 yards he walks off. i begin to wonder if i should have taken him. see i have yet to harvest one with my bow.
After i convince myself it was for the best for my QDM pratices, even though i haven't seen any results yet, i decide to stick to it.
I decide to see what time it was. as i go to look at my clock i hear something crash through the brush. i look over and see a buck looking over his shoulder. i could imidiately tell he was a shooter and he busted me cause i looked to see what the time was. God what an idiot i am. All i can do is watch him walk away right under my other stand. Again. oh well guess i should be happy with the movement.

Evening:
After a morning like this one i decide i had to have this buck and I was gonna devote every second to him. i get to the woods about 5pm. get in stand. and guess what i forget my release. oh well i can shoot fingers as well. I rattlle in a little buck but he is even smaller than this morning. then nothing and nothing till 15 min before dark. i hear some steps and see a nice doe walking through. i grunt at her and she decides to check me out but stops 10 yards short of my shooting lane. as she begins to walk away i grunt at her again and catch the flicker of a tail behind me and to my right. a couple of bounds and i get it stopped with a couple of quick grunts. after scanning the area i see it is the same shooter form this morning. and guess what. He walks all the way around behind me with no shot capability.

I guess my main question would be will this mature deer recognize my grunt callsor should i change anyway just to be safe?

[Gundeck]

You are using your head. Leaving the little ones go will be worth it in the long run. If we got every one that we saw, it would be a short and unfulfilling season. Be happy you have seen so many. You will see them again.

[mohunter82]

I sure hope so. I cn only think the worse after i see a buck that is gonna push 130" and all i can do is watch him walk away. Now that i think about it its even more my fault. If i had payed alittle more attention to the younger buck and his body posture he probably would have told me the bigger one was coming in.

I still can't believe i made a mistake like that this morning. If I had not I would have had a great buck on the ground and this post would be accompanied by pictures.

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