This is why I love bowhunting so much. The wind hasn't quit blowing here in a few days now, so tonite I decided to go out anyway. The wind was blowing anywhere from 30 to 40mph gusts, and it is supposed to dip down into the 20s tonite. The deer were moving all over when I got to my stand, I was running late. I got my mock scrape all freshened up and got comfortable in the stand. It didn't take long to start seeing lots of deer activity. About 400 yards south of me is a corn field with a stockdam bordering it that has water running year round, between me and that corn field is CRP. There are 2 bucks I've been watching here, and this was my first night in my new stand. The first buck is in the 140s and the second one is in the mid to upper 150s. Both of 'em came out of the corn like clockwork, they were mingling around with the does, and right about 15 minutes before dark a 3rd buck came out of the corn and joined them. I couldn't tell for sure what he had going on with his rack, but it was very unusual. The whole time I was wishing I could get a closer look at him. All the sudden all 3 bucks started trotting across the CRP in my direction, when they got about 100 yards out i put down the binos and grabbed my bow, and got inshooting position. The weird racked buck was leading the pack and he ran past me at 10 yards and locked up the brakes, whaaam the James Valley Scents caught his nose. He spun and marched right to my mock scrape. When he made the abrupt stop the 2 big bucks also locked up their brakes, I had already pulled my bow back and after about a minute I had to slowly let it down. The 3 bucks were all within 25 yards of me, but I had no shot at the two bruisers. Eventually the smaller weird racked buck got tired of the scrape and they trotted back the way they came from.

The good news is, I got a real good look at the weird racked buck. He is almost straight up racked, has like 8-10" brow tines, and its like a 3x3 main frame with a 7-9" drop tine. I could have shot him easily but that 150 class buck has been giving me the slip for 2 years now. Also got to see the Piebald deer again tonite, she never got close enuf for a shot. I might be letting her walk if I do get a shot, I don't want to put any more pressure/scent, etc in this area than I have to.

Sorry for the long post, but this was an awesome night that I wanted to share with you guys, even tho I didn't get to launch an arrow. It'll happen soon enough, hopefully!