Tree stand question
Here in Southern Maryland I was hunting on public hunting grounds during Muzzleloader (Doe Only Week). I heard a deer walking towards me and then seconds later I see a young 4-point buck walk to the right of me. This deer was about 15-yards from me. The deer was moving very slowly and cautiously, smelling the ground where had walked to my stand. I don't think the deer picked up my scent from where I was sitting in my stand. The deer never bolted, just walked off slowly.
So, here's my question, let's say the buck that you've been watching and wanting to take for months walks behind and off to your right at close range. Are you going to rotate your body in your stand to get off a right-handed shot and take the risk of making noise and spooking the deer? Or will you take a left-handed shot?