Lets hear your most memorable day on stand this season.... Here is mine:

Its a cold sunny afternoon December 26, 2002. I grab my stand and bow and set off on a long walk to a thick dew berry ridge about half a mile away. The north wind is perfect for my set up. Im walking in and I hear some deer running. A nice tall and heavy 8pt runs about 3 does right by me. I grab my release and bow, nock an arrow and get ready in case they come back by... Here they come.. the buck stops at 25yds.... I draw aim and... MISS...25yds...How could I miss. I'm feeling down, so I decide to climb a tree right in this very spot. The afternoon is fairly uneventful, couple of does here,a small buck there. Then right before dark I hear the unmistakable sound of deer coming. I see a nice 8 pt trailing a doe about 100yds out. I grab my trusty Primos grunt call and grunt a few times... Here he comes, like he's on a string. He freezes up at about 40yds(outside my comfort zone). Several times he tries to walk away and go back to his doe, but every time he does I let out another grunt. He starts circling my tree, luckily for me I'm about 25ft up and the wind has died. He circles once and then comes to about 18yds. He enters my clearing and TWACK... About an hour later I'm standing over a fine bow buck. Great day, I'll never forget it.


Hunt the thickets

Edited by - Belle Island on 01/09/2003 16:30:44