Taz, thanks for defending us city boys.

Ignorance isn't zipcode specific. Like you said there are just as many country boys out there with no ethics or regard for the rules.

Sorry to hear about your lost opportunity. I had a similar situation a couple of weeks ago. I had a doe working to the right of my stand coming from behind me. She was only about 15 yards out. I slowly turned my body and when she got even with me and her head went behind a tree I drew. Problem was that I never saw or heard the other doe that was behind the tree my stand was in. When I drew she caught the movement and bolted. The doe I had drawn on startled but stood there, problem was a tree was right in front of her vitals. After a brief pause she bolted another ten yards and stopped again, you guessed it with her vital right behind another tree. She paused there a few seconds still unaware of me and unsure what the danger was then ran off after the other doe. That would have been my first bow kill too and it was very disheartening to go from the excitement of seeing one close to the thrill of drawing for the almost sure shot to the agony of a lost opportunity that you were sure you had.

In the end we just keep hunting, because that's really what it's all about isn't it? Your time will come and so will mine. Good luck.