Thanks, everyone. Still cannotbelieve thati got him: It wasalucky Hail Mary shot. Afriend had a stand near this one for years, until agrass fire burned the tree down. He had never seen a good buck from that stand. My wife andi built a new standin the edge of the field in a huge white oak tree. Lots of folks use this stand.The field is surrounded on three sides by a large oak forest. Someone killed a deer fromthat standvery early in B/P season.i killed a doe from iton 23 October.

The buck was in rut maybe this made him somewhat vulnerable.