I'll address a couple things.

First the meat issue and filling the freezer. It is very important to me to fill the freezer. Very important. But I will have ample opportunities with firearm season coming up and me and my boys having plenty of tags. Plus I have permission for a nice little piece of property right near me to archery hunt all season. The freezer won't be hurting and we are actually planning on more venison than ever and much more sausage production.

It would have been totally legal to arrow him. Whether from the back door or around the corner of the building. The house is not occupied and there are no houses within 100 yards so archery harvest is OK by IL law.

The thing that bothered me was that the deer there are obviously used to people being around. Maybe the people who used to live there fed them or something. It just doesn't work for me shooting a deer that is just going to lay there and look at me.

I am a huge believer in karma. I have had many instances in my life where I feel karma was the reason things happened. So I'm not sweating it. It will all happen the way someone has planned for me.