I have a story similar but yet different. I was rattleing for my dad one morning in the heat of the rut. I was down wind rattling while my dad set up a blind cross wind of me. I rattled and in about 10 min. we had 3 monster bucks starting to face off right in front of where my dad was at. One buck was a twelve point the other was a ten point. A small six point was in the field watching. The ten and twelve point started at each other. My dad was in the path between the two. I couldnt figure out why he wasnt taking a shot. He had a great oppertunity on two great deer. I watched as the two converged on my dads ground blind. The twelve point had actually walkded over my dad almost steping on him. Of course this spoked every one and sent all the deer running. I went over to find out if my dad was O.K.; I figured something had to be wrong for him to pass on bucks like this. I got to him and he told me he had fallen asleep and the big buck woke him up. I didnt see either of those deer the rest of the year.

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