I should NOT have looked back
This buck keeps coming out about 300 yds to the north of me two hedge rows over, I can watch him from my stand. This is working the edges of farm fields. Tonite I decided to hide in the hedge row close to where he keeps coming out. There I am hiding in the tree line, wind in my favor, snuck in like a cat, I' m ready for him. I get this funny feeling so I look back towards my stand and, you guessed it, there he is not probably 20 yds from my tree. Now I have to make the move. I quickly sneek east along the backside of the hedgerow I' m in to the next one going back south. Wing is strong and loud blowing in my face as I sneek south to intercept him as he works his way east along the far hedgerow. I successfully make it to the next field undetected to find 2 does grazing. No buck in sight.
The question is.. Was he ever there? Or did he send out the decoys to trick me and he is now back where I was, laughing at me?
At least it was fun to put the sneek on the does. I got pretty close and they never knew I was there. Good practice I guess.