Hell of a weekend in the woods! The pre-rut is rockin'! I saw 24 deer last night, 11 bucks. Lots of 1 1/2 yr olds with potential, one giant 8 (130's) and my friend Brian shot a 150-160 9 point on the way back to the car. We got out of our stands early because a 'yote had scared everything off, so instead of us spooking them as they came back, we hit the road. We got about 50 yards across the cut corn, and we see a deer coming our way. We hunker down, brian puts his release on,assuming it isa doe. Well, I look through the binos when he is about 80 yards away, and I see rack and huge body. I grabbed Brians rangefinder, ranged him at 40, and he smoked it. We saw him go down, but left him for an hour, as we were unsure of the hit. Well, he is huge. I really wish I had gotten him, for our team, but I am happy for him. HIs parents/family doesn't hunt, and are real jerks, so he needed this to pickup his spirits a little. They just don't understand hunting, nor the $ that goes into it. I'll post pics later today. I didn't kill anything, put passed up more bucks thatI have combined in mywhole life!!