How about this, from NE Ohio: took last week and this one off to hunt. There are a couple of bruisers I was very interested in, on two different farms. Last Thursday bruiser #1 came in, chasing a doe, at first light. Another step or two to the left would have given me the shot, but no. He came back at 1245. Again, a few more steps along...but no.

Yesterday a.m. I got up my tree in bruiser #2's living room. Here he came, at 0625 (still dark), just ambling along. Stopped 10 yards out. Hung around. Walked over to a tree, even closer still, and rubbed it up. Standing around. I'm looking at my sight pin, looking at his dark form, looking for twigs that might be in the way. He walked off before I had the light.

Yesterday p.m. I get back in the same tree. I start to pull up my crossbow. It was laying too far from the tree, so when I pulled it up it swung in and hit the tree, breaking off the front sight. Which, oh by the way, isn't in stock at Gander Mt., Dicks, or Kames. I was going to drive to Tallmadge and get another one, but a friend who has a machine shop is making me one out of aluminum bar stock (as I type this). Regardless, I lost yesterday evening and this morning. Ugh.