I blew my chance at my first bow deer today and to make matters worse it would have been the second biggest deer I've ever killed. He looked to be about 2 1/2 year old 8 with two 2" droptines making him a 10. He wasn't very wide and didnt have great mass but he was very unique to say the least. I got into the standabout 4:45 and hit my can call twice and let off a series of 3 or 4 grunts about 5:20. about 5:30 or 5:40 a hear something behind me. I turn around and i see this buck coming in scent checking and looking around. He tears a tree up with his antlers and then hits the trail that will bring him right by me. He comes into the shooting lane at about 10-15 yards and i pick my bow up to draw and my freaking bow hit the safety rail on my stand. It barely even tapped it but it sent this buck running. From what i could tell he ran about 40 yards and stopped. He blew twice while runnig then stopped, blew a few more times, then ran off blowing about3 or4 more times. I was covered in scent spray and had a buck bomb out so I'm pretty sure he didnt smell me. My question is will he be back or is he in the next county right now? And, if he will be back how long should i wait to go back and hunt this stand?