Well, I climbed in the stand well before daylight. Once settled in I started sweating. Not the sweating you do when it's hot out. I felt funny. I was a little higher up than usual, but that wasn't it. Oh yeah, it was last nights pizza and it was about to come back up. Fellas, I blew chunks all over the place. There was still no light and my morning was ruined.

... or was it?!?!? I couldn't believe it, but no more than 15 or 20 minutes after the chunk blowing episode I heard something pass in front of me probably 20-25 yds. out. I could not see what it was. My field of view only extended maybe 10 yds. And then it would only be a dark sillouette. Well, I wasn't completely settled. I didn't have my calls or rattle bag out. So, I couldn't have tried to lure it back.

After several hours in the tree I eased down and moved my stand to another tree where I had seen some trails earlier about 100 yds from the previous spot. Once it was locked on I started out of the tree line when I saw one of the largest rubs that I have ever seen. The tree was slightly, just slightly, smaller than a 4x4 post and the rub reached completely around about 2.5-3 ft. tall. Hopefully I can talk my wife into letting me borrow the digital camera that I bought her so that I can take some photos.