Oh wow......this list could go on forever, but I'll be brief. Nov. 8, 2004. I arrived on stand early and hunted till 9 am. I had some errands to run, accomplished those, and was back in stand by noon. I wasn't in my tree, honestly, 1 minute when I heard running in the leaves. Looked left, and a doe was haulin the mail right to me. Yep, that's right, the big boy was behind her, along w/ 2 subbordinates. They ran DIRECTLY under my stand, around the corner, and back behind me. I had a 15 yard, standing still, broadside, wide open shot at a.....oh, prolly 140 class 10 pointer. Just one tiny problem.......MY BOW WAS STILL ON THE GROUND!!!![:@]

The lesson I took from that.......after I am tied into the tree....the very next thing I do, before I take off my backpack, anything.......haul that bow up and hang it! THAT won't happen again......