i was in the woods settin up some shooting lanes for my buddies tree stand..... but i'm gettin ahead... i was walking into his stand and i was making a lot of noise and yelling and cusing cause of the thorns and everything so i didn't think anything would be near me.... I was wrong.... I walk into his stand and all of a sudden i hear phphphhphphphph (you know when they smell you then run away) i look to my right and there's a doe 5yards away running away from me..... so i thought good now i don't have to worry about any deer bein near me..... wrong again..... I'm pulling down some stuff that's in a shooting lane, making a lot of noise and all of a sudden i hear this thunderous crashing comeing from the field that he's (my friend) set up next to.... i hear this for like 10 seconds.... this guy was bolting towards me.... i stop and think...DEER i look to where it's comeing and it stops.. then i hear this huge CRASH, he broke the hedge line he comes into view (bout 15 yards) and all i see is rack...... nice body didn't see it too much so i can't judge weight and i'm sittin thick cover... But i could count sick good points on this bruiser and i know he had to be at least 8 maybe 10. then he starts tearing up trees with his rack.... dropped his velvet already too. He walked to within 5 yards, stopped and just looked at me..... i thought i was gonna get my butt kicked... hahahha. Well he finally turns around and calmly walks away... i got right outta there.... causethe bucks here are starting to get really territorial.... I figure that he halled butt into me cause he thought i was another buck (you know all the ruckus i was making) i figured he was looking for a fight!!!!! hahaha anyway so my buddy is set up there and my othe buddy is set up on a huge buck near him (i can tell cause of the track i saw..... bigger than my index finger, and i have big hands..) and my set up is great cause i see droppings al over the place and a couple nice fresh ones from today.... plus all the trails. well as always

Knuckles up>>> Brian

P.S. maybe with luck you guys/girls will find out the true meaning to knuckles up but only time will tell, season isn't til Oct. 15 so you'll just have to wait



Edited by - PABowhntr on 09/17/2002 10:16:29