well guys went out tonight. i have to say that it was the best bow hunting day i have ever had. now i didnt shoot a buck or even a doe but its still been the best bowhunting experience i have had yet. about 8 minutes before dark i saw a buck out in the hay field i hunt near. i am about 15 yards inside the woods. i grunted 4 times with no interest from the buck except a look around. just before it is too dark to shoot. he starts walking towards me. he is about 70 yards away. he stops 50 yards away and makes a ground scrape. then continues on to about 40 yards and makes another one out of view. he continues toward me taking his time. he finally gets into my shooting lane and is just standing there for about 5 minutes broadside looking around. i have already decided that it was too dark to shoot and did not want to take a chance of wounding him. so he literally walks to the left and to the front of my stand for a total of an hour. he takes a couple of craps about 6 yards away. never once new i was there. he also made a rub over a mock rub i had made 6 days before. he was an 8 pointer with about an 18inch spread i think. he walked around in front of my stand for an hour. the funniest thing is that i didnt even think about this contest once. in fact i didnt think about it until i logged onto the boards.

wish me luck !!