My last hunt was weird, I looked over my shoulder to see a really wide 10pt heading my way from >100yrds away, one of the biggest deer I've ever seen while hunting, short tines but by far the widest. I got down low and watched him approach, I was downwind and everything was perfect, untill he started to trot towards, then all out run!!! He did not see me, and theres no way he smelled me with the strong wind in my face, but he ran past within bow range at a full gallop (I held off on my new Buck Roar till I Knew he wasn't stopping, it didn't work). I was amazed but curious to see what was behind him, there was nothing, no other deer, no coyotes, I have no clue what spooked him, he couldn't have smelled me and if he saw me he would have changed direction and not run past within bow range. At least its nice to know that there is at least one big buck on the property.

I really need the luck this weekend, gotta use my tag before the controlled hunt (shotgun/muzzleloader only, archery closes) opens at the farm for a week.
The owner of our rifle camp is gonna join me for the controlled hunt, but he put his tag on another guys rifle deer at his camp (party hunting is legal here), so if I don't get us a buck this weekend I may not be able to help the team out with any inches because there is a good chance of using my tag on a shotgun buck. Theres really no getting around it, I've hunted his land for years and he has never shot a buck so I won't deny him (we have lots of meat already), but I will limit him to a buck, if he uses our last tag on a doe w/shotgun he might end up hanging on the meat pole .