Hi all, this is my first post on the board. I have been lurking for some time and finally joined. It is a great Forum! I wanted to share an experience I had this past Friday hunting some public land here in Southeastern Pa.

I have been hunting in Pa for over 30 years and mostly on Private land, my own and friends. But many of the farms are disappearing so I thought I would move onto public lands. For the most part they are great, but I had a lesson in "a sign of the times" this past Fri.

I have been working a spot on this ground I am hunting for about 2 weeks. I have been sitting on a rub line for a nice basket 8 pointer. I have seen him 2 times and drew on him once but I could only get a brisket shot. I won't take a shot like that. He was spooked and turned and trotted off. The deer in this area get a lot of pressure, they are very trickey. So Fri afternoon I am sitting in the woods and he runs past my stand at about 40 yards. I grunted to get him to stop but he only slowed to a trot, glanced around and ran again. Something had spooked him deeper in the woods. The area is a natrual funnel so I figured he would loop back against the hill and come back up to me. I am sitting there for 20 minutes, enjoyning the moment, thanking God for his beautiful creation, thinking that "this is what it's all about." All of a sudden I hear a cell phone ringing and someone answers it talking really loud about how he is in the woods right now small game hunting yada yada...he was about 70 yards out and walking towards me and I could hear himplain as day. I couldn't believe it. I flashed orange at him so he could see me in my stand and he moved off away from me. Course the buck didn't circle back. I'll have to get him this week. Just made me realize the times we live in. Anyway, if I get him, I'll post a pic!....the Buck that is