Hey Troy,
You know it was the darndest thing.He pinned me,I stayed perfectly still while he took me apart for several minutes.He started to browse,on alert but not startled,it was the second squeak that did me in.I made every effort to distribute my weight in such a way that I could move.NOT! He took a couple of bounds,I grunted quickly and it froze him,unfortunately behind a hemlock.He stiff legged his way out of there through some thick stuff that I couldn't (or wouldn't attempt to get a shot through)
I have always wondered about after the first squeak,when he settled down a bit,if I brought my rifle up quickly would he have froze long enough for me to kill him.I'll never know.