Last night I was hunting and had one of the biggest bucks Ive ever seenhangingaround (within 30 yards) my stand for over an hour after dark. The corn was just cut and I hunt a little island, its a big oak tree20 yards from the main woodline, there is plenty of corn scraps that are laying in the field. Ive always hadgood success hunting these because the bucks can come out and have a quick escape route and I think they feel safer between the islands than standing in the middle of 500 acres of open corn field. I couldnt get a shot off, again, becuase he came out just at dusk and couldnt get a clear view of thevital area because of my friggin peep, was after legal shooting time anyway but honestly if I could have made a safe clean vital shot I would have taken it, just being honest

Anyway the wind wasnt a concern, I didnt want to spook him but he was just milling around the cut corn all around me for 1:15 minutes before I decided to get down as quietly as possible. Well, I got down okay, but soon as I took the first step he busted me as I knew he would, but he didnt look like he was going anywhere anytime soon. Im not going to guess on how big he was because its all just a guess, but I have lots of mounted bucks on the wall with 2 over 130"s + measured and he dwarfed them in body size and rack size.

What would you have done? Just curious as to what others would do in this situation.