Sometimes they run back the direction they came from, because the wind was in his nose, leading him to safety, because that was where the Master Bedroom is ... whatever it was, the Bruiser felt safe and secure.
I noticed you mentioned, "tower blind"... it could be that your tower blind may just be in the right place, and your scent isn't getting to the deer, because of the "tower!"
I would mix it up a little bit, if you want to hunt the same "tower blind" try walking to it from a different direction so that bruiser doesn't "pattern you!"
You haven't mentioned if you have seen that same buck before ... have you?
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I do agree that I have hunted this stand a little too much. However, I never went to a different stand because the amount of deer sightings never really dropped down.
I think I am going to try to sit in the spot near where the buck ran. Do most of you feel that if he ran that way it is sort of a safe haven for him? Or did he just run that way because it was NOT in my direction?