Thanks for the kind words guys. My friends all give me stuff about passing on deer like that one there. What the difference between them and I is, that I spend 10 times the amount of time in the woods as them. I know the land I am hunting holds bigger deer. I owe it to the deer that I choose to take to be proud of it and not just say "well, I got my buck this year." If it means tag soup, then it means tag soup. I had an "honest pass" on a 7 last year who was wider than this guy. I wasn't upset at the end of the season and I won't be this year. I have no problem with anyone shooting this buck. In fact, if he had been by last night and taken the same path, he might have been as we were tag teaming the field last night and he passed by the stand that my other buddy wasthe night before.

I am about to leave work and head for home to meet with Rob for our trip to York. Good luck to all this weekend and stay safe.

Sidenote: I did have a Ameristep harness on under my No Scent Fleece. I advocate safety in the tree to all.