Hammerman - great story - I was on that stalk with you!

The can call at 15 yards woke me up from my daydream though kinda like a 15 foot tall penguin in the desert.

One alternative not mentioned (unless I missed it) would have been a wheeze 'thrown' in the opposite direction as the buck. Hindsight is 20/20 but you still have a great story to relive and learn from. I have a few of those myself