i never saw him before grunting. it was about 9:05 in the morning and i hadn't seen anything up untill that point. i figured what the heck, might aswell grunt a little...not like it's gonna keep me from seeing anything. so i hit the 'ol grunt tube a few times, paused for about 5 minutes, hit it again a few times, paused for about 5 minutes and was going to hit it again when i heard a soft grunt to my left. i slowly looked up and seen him walking to me like i had him on a rope. he would grunt when taking a step and he was smelling everything he walked by. he finally turned broadside at about 67 yards and i dropped the hammer on him. he jumped straight up and kicked with both back legs. he ran a half circle towards me and crashed about 15 yards from the base of my tree.

i don't think i would have ever seen him if i wouldn't have grunted when i did. i know he wasn't trailing a doe because nothing moved through there since i was in the stand (at approximately 5:30 a.m.).