Don't feel bad... I goofed up today too. I was sitting in a spot with no cover and just relying on my whites. I had a 1.5 year old 3X3 go by at 20 yards and no clue. A little later a 2.5 year old 4X5 went by at 15 yards and no clue. I got sloppy and layed my bow down towards the end of the hunt. A really bigdoe popped out of brush 30 yards away. I slowly reached for mybow and she nailed me. [&:] [] She was a clever doe. At the start of my hunt I spotted her andput a stalk on her. Got within 40 yards when I ran out of cover. She wandered into the brush at that point andthat is where I stopped hoping she would wander back, plus there were some decent trails meeting in one spot right there( where the bucks came from ). 150 yards farther is a ladder standof the landowner's son in a shelterbelt. I don't think he hunted it much and hasn't been in it in over a good month. I seethe doecome out of the brush and get about 40 yards from the ladder stand where she stopped, looked up and then started head bobbing. She retreated into the brush again. Like I said she was a clever doe. Sadly I just made her smarter 2 hours later.

Late season I would rather hunta herd of bucks with all their eyes, ears and noses then one darn doe from the ground... oh and apparently fromthat guy's ladder stand too.

Tim