I went back out for the last day of season after losing a deer friday. I wasn't in my spot for 5 minutes before I saw small does 50 yds to my left. From 3:00 till dark these same does stayed within 50yds of me eating. All the while I can barely see and hear other deer behind them. Could have taken one of the does at any moment, but she was smaller than I felt was right to take, and I was hoping something bigger was among the deer out of site. About 4:30 I'm watching these does cause they're so close I'm afraid they're gonna see me & spook everything around, when I hear the thump thump thump of hooves back to my right. I freeze immediately knowing its a deer. After not hearing anything for a minute I SLOWLY turn my head to the right when I hear something take off and notice its a nice big buck running away from me. Damn thing had come into the clearing while I was watching the stupid does and saw me before I knew he was there. Now I'm down to the 2 day January doe season to fill my freezer, this season could not have gone any worse! [:@]