Greg, I had a simalar situation happen to me last year with the whole blow down thing, except it was an area of the creek that beavers had dammed up. I thought it lookedshallow enough for the deer to walk through or even jump over so I didnt move my stand. I had a big 8 point, nothing like what you said but probably around 135 or 140, come down the trail and cut back upwind of me about 30 more yards and cross the creek, putting him way out of bow range. I had a few does do the same thing later in the day. Man I was kicking myself for that one. Never saw that buck before that encounter and never saw him again.[:@]