Why couldn't you cut a shooting lane? It sounds like the deer was within range.
this is real nasty stuff... it would take a lot of work and would make quite a disturbance. Plus the only area where I wouldn't have to clear whole frickin' TREES out of the way is right where my deer paths come into my section of the woods are. Here's an update. I went down yesterday and checked the spot where he had paused. It's probable that the first spot he stopped in after I turned him was too small of a trail for him (there was a vine hanging too low) and that he was on his way to a much taller trail that he could have come through!!!!!
doh!!!![:@][:@][:@][:@]
Live and learn I gues... [>:]
Just goes to show you to know every detail of the place your hunting. I'm trying a scent trail and hanging the piece of cotton from a twig that should give me a broadside shot if he comes in.