Hey guys, how is everyone doing? I thought I would come on and give somewhat of a short version of my hunt. I have been crazy busy the last couple of days. I got in my stand at 3:50 yesterday afternoon. I had made a mock scrape about 30yards in front of my stand,and hung a scent dripper with some active scrape in it. At 3:55, I got out the rattle bag and grunt tube, and rattled and grunted for just a couple of minutes. I saw some movement RIGHT away off to my left about 60 yards. It turned out to be this 8 point chasing 3 does BIG TIME. He didnt even care that I ws there, he was not going to leave those does. Long story short, he chased them forth for about 10 minutes. Finally the does crossed the river behind me, ( my stand is about 15 yards away from the river ) I thought the buck would go with them, but he got in the water right behind my tree, and just milled around for a couple of seconds. Then he came back up on the bank right behind me. I was facing the tree, and he came from my left to my right. When he cleared the tree, I let one fly. He bolted about 10 yards, stopped15 yards right in front of my tree, and turned back to where he was standing when I shot. He stood there with that look on his face like what the hell was that. I was trying to get another arrow out of my quiver, but after about 10 seconds of him standing there, his back legs started to buckle, and he flipped right over backwards. I couldnt believe it, he layed dead not 20 yards in front of my stand. I looked at my watch, it was 4:15. From the time that I got in my stand, until the time that he died, was 25 minutes. I had to sit there for a while, and let it all soak in. I should mention that all 3 does, and the buck checked out my mock scrape at one time or another. He is not huge, but I am very proud of him anyways, he was my first buck with my bow, and I only have 1 other one that is bigger than him.