Fri Morning I went out, saw 5 deer. Again they were all too far, closest was just a tad over 35 yards. But a wonderful day in the woods enjoying Creation.

Didnt hunt Sat, winds 20 MPH and gusting to near 30.

Sunday was in the tree by 6:40, let things settle down. Legal shooting is Half an hour before sunrise here to somewhere close to 7:10 is legal.

At 7:22 2 Does come out from behind me on the right and move to where I take a trail to my stand. The lead doe is smelling and stops dead in her tracks where I had walked by earlier (about 27 yards out). She smelled for a long time, raised her head and looked dead at my stand.

She neverpanicked, butafter about 2 mins of a staring contest, on her part I dont make eye contact, she backed up two steps, turned around and walked away nervous. She knew something was not right or normal I think, but didnt know what it was. She didn't stamp her foot, blow or flag but she didnt take too long to move off either.

Then at about 8:45 I had a shot at a nice 3x4 at 24 yards but I missed him. He really did some wild careening maneuvers when he heard my Crossbow thump, jumped about2 feetinto the air and kicked his heelsway out.

I found about a dozen cut white hairs and several small spots of blood, but nothing else. Bolt had one small spot of blood on it, mostly mud, so I think I just grazed him when he jumped the string like he did. I got my buddy anyway and we looked for over 4 hours without finding any more sign of him being hit. I was really dissapointed, but have never seen a deer jump a string like that one.