This might get a little long winded, and I appologize in advance, but that's just how I get when I'm talking about deer hunting. I came home from college today and got to my stand a little after 4:30 pm, strong south wind, standing on a platform my dad and I built a few years ago overlooking a small food plot we planted at the same time and havent had anything to do with since. I had that feeling driving out there that it was going to be a good sit, even though I only had a little over an hour and a half until dark. About 5:15 I catch movement to my left and get my bow up and ready. Out of the woods steps a pile of antlers on top of a bruin of a deer. Of course the first thing I saw was the antlers, and I was instantly overcome w/ buck fever. I tried taking some deep breaths and it helped a little. The buck came into the food plot, about 15-17 yards away, just munching on whatever small plants were still growing in there. He was facing me and had no idea I was up in that tree, thanks to him being upwind and my MO Treestand camo. He looked to be a 6X4, a crab claw on the left and a split brow on the right, about 17" wide, so I figure about 130-135". He finally got broadside and looked away so I drew back and in the time it took me to draw he took a couple more steps and got to about 24 yards and was quartering away. I took the shot and saw him duck a little bit and then he took off, tail down. I waited a few minutes and got down to check my shot. Clean arrow, no hair at the point of impact, and no blood down the first 20 yards of the trail. Seems like a clean miss to me. So now what? I'm hunting a 33 acre parcel, 1/3 of which is my aunt's yard, so really about 25 acres of woods, with 2 stands, none mobile. I can hunt tomorrow and sunday morning, as well as saturday afternoon/evening. The buck didn't seem too spooked, so what would you do in my shoes, besides kick yourself for missing the biggest buck you had ever seen in the wild, gun or bow. Thanks for letting me vent a little. It was still one of my most memorable hunts to date, and I'm sure that buck will haunt me for years and years to come.