Jeff:

A few things...

1. You don't know he won't sabotage your stand between now and the opener any more than you did before you went in there, yesterday. If I was worried about ths a lot.....I'd pack my climber in with me and cover it up in the leaves if everything was OK whenI got to my stand.

2. These deer don't CARE "why" you're in their bedroom (IMO). They just know you've been going in and out of their wih regularity. Your deer are pressured before you climb into stand the first time. How did you get in there? Out of there? You traveled through THEIR area.....AGAIN.

3. Did you hunt this area last year?

We're not chastising you. We're trying to help you.

Also....these two statements don't jive

It was the perfect time of day.....ONLY if you wanted to get busted.