Yesterday was the opener for New York's southern zone bow season. I'm in my API climber and, of course, I've got the necklace on. Its about 3:15pm and I can hear a deer coming up behind me. If she takes any of the 3 trails I'm watching, I've got a shot. Instead, she walks right to the base of my tree. As I'm pivoting, trying to anticipate which way she will go, dried mud from my boots is falling and bouncing off her head.

Unfazed, she stands there for about 2 minutes until she sniffs a few branches I trimmed on the way up. Not liking what she smells, she slowly back-pedals and starts to leave the way she came. She did stop about 8yds away in a shooting lane but it was a severe quartering away shot and I was about 22ft up. I didn't like the angle and let her walk.

So the question is, how do I turn the power setting down on this thing? I do like to have deer in close, but not that close.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

Seriously though, it was a great time. I left with some good memories and the knowledge that I had the discipline to pass up an iffy shot. I'll be back out again tomorrow with my Cardeer necklace on. Thanks again CD.

Turc