A couple years ago one of my hunting buddies had a hunting experience that still makes me laugh out loud every time I think about it. He went to his stand in a creek bottom about 2:00p.m. When he got to his tree he looked down through the woods and saw a buck walking slowly towards him. He said that the buck, an eight point, was going to pass just to his left. When the buck went behind a tree he drew his bow and waited. He lost sight of the deer because he was standing directly behind the tree, but he could hear the buck's footsteps closing. The buck suddenly stopped, no more than 10 or 12 yards on the other side of the tree. He then heard the buck change direction and realized the deer was going to pass on his right side. He remained at full draw and leaned back to bring his bow around the other side of the tree. As he brought the bow around the other side, the broadhead end of the arrow hit his hoist rope which was hanging from his lock on stand. The rope looped around the end of the arrow a couple of times, just as the buck stepped into view at about 5 steps. The buck froze in his tracks and just looked at my buddy standing there at full draw with that rope looped around his arrow a couple of inches behind the broadhead. He said that he kept trying to jerk the bow slightly in an attempt to make the rope unloop itself. Finally the buck bolted and all my friend saw was a white flag going through the woods. When he told this story to me, I thought I would bust an artery laughing. I know it sounds far fetched, but he swears it happened.