Yeah, so.......I'm on stand this morning, and around 9 or so I stood up to stretch and take a peak behind me. So I'm leaning against the tree, watching the squirrels chase each other, and I peak around to my front...

There he is, and if wasn't P&Y, he was darn close.....an 8 point, 30 yards, walking through my shooting lane. In 2 more steps, he'll be in the brush w/ no shot.....He takes those 2 steps, and I whip out my grunt call. I hit it twice, softly and quick, hoping to mimik a contact grunt.......He stops cold, and trots off. No hesitation........I think, hm, that was odd.....And just like that, he was gone.

Man alive.....remember that break I've been talking about needing?? Yeah, this morning would have been a good time for it....

I saw a smallish (around 80") 8 point this evening, but the only broadside shot I had found him behind a small branch, and there's no way I wouldn't have hit it.......He gets a free pass. Hour later a yearling spike that would have EASILY made 10 pope and young inches steps out. Wasn't gonna shoot him anyway, and he meanders around and was even sniffing my rope I pull my bow up with......

Gosh darnit that was close....[:@]