This is definitely a believable story, and trust me, I believe you that it was the same deer. I would tend to be on the happy side that your camo and scent control did not give you away 100%, and as long as she didn' t see you when you got down, she still isn' t sure what you were. I probably would elect to get in a different tree though next time. Cause she will probably look in that same tree every time she goes by it for the rest of the season.

I' ll give you a story on that, but it' s with a dog. One time I was walking in the woods with my dog (black lab, great dane mix), and he spotted a coon in a tree. That was five years ago, and to this day, when we walk by that tree, he looks up in it for a coon.

I' ll tell you a story about a doe. This was about seven years ago. I was hunting from a climber and it was early afternon (I was staying there till nightfall). I just sat down and similar to you, I heard a snort and then a run from behind me. It was a doe that I thought had seen me. Later on, I had a sandwich in the stand, and I acidently dropped the wrapper out of the tree. I was thinking about going down for it, but decided to stay in the tree. A half hour later I hear walking from behind me and the deer is stomping her foot about every five steps. Now, I' m not 100% sure it was the same deer but I' m 95% sure. Sure enough the deer came in slowly and cautiously, bobing her head and stomping and looking right at me. she came all the way in to 5 yards, smelled my wrapper snorted and took of in the direction she cam in. Now I' m pissed. Anyway an hour later five deer (does and yearlings) are coming in with one deer following up. I' m thinking, that is her again. sure enough, she is hoofing the ground and looking right at me. The other deer get passed me about ten yards, and she comes right up to my wrapper again, smells it, snorts, and scares all the deer away. This happened over about a 2 1/2 half to a three hour period. So as you can see, I know where you are coming from.