I had a situation last Sunday that was both fantastic and depressing. I got to my stand which is on the edge of a picked cornfield around 6:40 and had about 20 minutes before shooting light, I sat until I felt that it was light enough to shoot and then stood with my bow in hand. After standing for about 10 minutes I see a doe coming directly to me in the corn stubble. I hear a grunt as she is coming and standing at the top of the hill is a big ten. She jumps the fence about 20 yard from my stand behind me. The ten follows her but he ends up about 40 yards away and stops. I took a shot, it was wide open and shot low. He ran off no worse for the wear, and I found my arrow....later. The was the beginning of the excitement. About 10 minutes later a big 8 appears in the same spot as the ten but he is simply following the trail of that doe, who I am assuming was very hot. His nose was to the ground and he was just tracking her back and forth. I knew he was going to come right next to me. I waited until he was about fifty yards away from where I wanted to shoot. I drew back and as he walked to where I anticipated the shot perfectly I mouth grunted. He was about 22 yards away and I had to grunt 3 times to get him to stop. Needless to say he stopped just as he was half covered by cedar branches. I never got the shot but what a great opportunity I had. My question is...do you try to stop a deer a little ahead of where you want to take a shot especially if they are scent tracking or was it just bad luck, I did everything right and he just didn't stop in time. I keep kicking myself because I could easily have stopped him sooner and had a shot because it was into open field, I just waited until he came into my best position. Anybody have any thoughts on this scenario. This was my best opportunity I've ever had at two P&Y deer, 10 minutes apart and I messed up both.

Thanks for any tips