I remember three years ago I forgot to check my bow. A doe came in after I wasin the stand 30 minutes and I carefully reached for my bow and discovered it wasn't in the stand with me. It was still attached to the rope at the bottom of the steps.

With the doe 10 yards away, I slowly pulled up the bow and it ran off 30 yards behind some trees. Luckly it wasn't too spooked since I gave it a fawn distress call and it came back in at 20 yards and stopped in the shooting lane. The rest was history. Dumb Luck