I blew it! I went out last night and was set up the hill above my farm. At 6:50 I heard a deer uphill and to my right. I see a body and it walks through an opening 60 yards away and back into a thicker area. I get a quick glimpse of antlers and I'm pretty sure I saw some G2 and G3 of decent size. It could be the eight I have a picture of. It's heading down hill and I try a grunt call to see if I can get him to turn. I THOUGHT I heard him continue downhill. I made a slight movement and he explodes out of the thicker area 45 yards away and bounds uphill. No snort and he wasn't downwind so he may not have ID'ed me but he certainly didn't take any chances. I'm moving my stand further uphill and getting a little higher this weekend.

On a plus side I did get my first kill yesterday! A nice copperhead snake! On my way up to the stand I spotted him laying out and I cut him in half with my turkey broadhead (a thunderhead 125 with a fender washer behind it). No picture though, sorry.