As I stated earlier, I had a good feeling about this weekend, and so far that is holding true. I had an encounter last night with the biggest buck I have seen in my hunting career. My friend Ross and I were hunting in the same place where Brian shot the big one I posted eaelier this week. The wind was gusting to nearly 30 mph and we had been out there for about 3 hours and were just about sick of it. My phone was vibrating and I knew it would be Ross, so I answered. He was calling to tell me he was going to hit the road, and mid sentence he says "Oh my god, look in the waterway to the southeast of you. Well, 100 yards out is giant buck coming down this waterway. I at first thought, wow, look at him, but since he was so far away, I didn't think there was any way possible he was going to come close enough. Well, he kept on coming. So now I'm getting really nervous real quick. He was behind me, so I had to do some quick adjusting, like unscrewing my EZ hanger and fiddling with my safety strap so I could have it out of the way. By this time he is at 60 yards and he hadn't gotten any smaller either. He continues on his way, coming right to me, and at about 45 yards he stops dead in his tracks, as he is now directly downwind of me. He threw his head back and was really sniffing hard. I quick sprayed some Devastator 249 into the air to try and intercept whatever he was smelling, and this made him do a lip curl and really snif hard. Well, he didn't like what he smelled after the 249 dissapated, and he trotted away to about 75 yards. He is a 9 point, huge typical 9 point frame, with the right G-2 forked about 5" deep. I would venture a guess as to say he is in the 155-160" class. He wasn't too spooked so I think we will see him again, either way, I was really happy to see him, and that buck definitely had me rattled! Great nigt in the woods, too bad today has a damn wind advisory. I may try to brave the elements this afternoon though. Good luck guys, hopefully one of us can score for the team!