RE: Nice en'
I seen him yesterday afternoon. 15 FEET, not yards, from me.
Only thing is, we literally about walked into eachother. I stayed in the stand until 7:55pm. When I got two "squats" from the foot piece of my climber being on the ground. I stopped to undo my saftey belt. I stood there about five minutes with my flashlight in my mouth undoing it. I got it undone and sat down to climb the rest of the way down. Right time I lifted up the bottom piece, he stepped from around the tree. He reared up like a horse and jumped into some cains, then across the creek.
I guess he was walking while I was climbing down and was got that close while I was undoing my belt. I've never had anything like this happen before. I think both him and I left some brown droppings in the swamp. It was one of the best hunts I've ever been on. I also watched three does for about 35mins under my tree.
Only thing is, is that I doubt I will see him again. Now he knows that I am there. Obviously he never smelled me b/c he got that close to me. I am certainly leaving it alone until next week. Man, what a hunt.