Yeah they are careful buggars...

Last night while on my stand, I was bowhunting...I glassed a little buck about 350 yards out following a doe down the ridge, I would get glimpses of them from my perch... I was a little worried for this buck as he was making his way into some open ground that is exposed to the county road. Sure enough I hear a pickup stop way down on the road. I can't see it but I was sure he could see the little buck an doe. I went back to glassing my immediate area for any approaching does since I am set up in a well travels doe area. I glass around and about 800 yards up on a ridge to the east of me, I see a nice buck coming down the mountain. He looks like a 3.5 year old 5x5, probably a 130 class buck.

About that time, BOOOM! a shot goes off from down the road. Sure enough that little buck that I had seen before probably got shot at. I immediatly looked back to my east in my binocs up on the mountain and found the nice 5x5, he was standing stone still staring in the direction of the shot. Now this shot is close to 1 mile by foot away from this 5x5 buck. For 1/2 an hour he locks down right there and will not move, I kept my eye on him the rest of the evening just to see his reaction to a distant gun shot. It was amazing how cautious he was being...

Just before dark I had one doe come by and I hoped shes would have a good buck in tow.. no dice.. I walked out, and saw the guy that had shot at the little buck and IHOLLARED to him ..did you kill him? Heyelled back.."no blood no hit".. and he then walked out about 700 yards from me...to his pickup and left...

I didnt kill a thing last night but once again got to watch the behavior of a semi-mature whitetail buck play out in regards to pressure..