One morning I sat in my stand till about 11:00am and never seen a hair all morning .I decided it was time to go home and get something to eat ,as I got out of my stand and started towards the field I had to duck under a branch .As I ducked under the hanging branch I looked up and directly behind my treestand a nice 8point buck was standing looking straight at me .I froze and lifted my rifle in an almost impossible position thinking that this buck is gonna make a break for it ,but he just stood there looking at me I lifted my rifle thinking that I couldn't believe that this buck was gonna let me take a shot at him ,but I was unable to stand up ,if I was gonna get a shot I was gonna have to take it in this awkward position .I shouldered the rifle and took a bead on him and sqeezed the trigger and shot ,all I could see was dirt flying up from undernieth his chest and he was gone ,this was a beautiful buck and I had blew it ,if I only had sat in my stand for another 5 minutes he would have been standing directly beside me . My bullet deflected off a small branch in between us .I think of this almost all the time I think of going hunting so I know how you feel .Ialso think of other misses as well and i think this help's us in the long run and teach's us not to make these silly little mistakes that we all make from time to time.

nubo