The day was Nov. 6th of this year. The place was Pike county Il. It was the first day of the hunt and expectations were high. I was hunting a fence row with CPR in front of me and an uncut beanfield behind me. At four pm I noticed several deer working their way out into the beanfield. Than I noticed a beautiful 180 class buck angling away from me at 150 yard. I grunted and he stopped and looked than proceded in the same direction. After four grunts with similar results he turned around and headed toward a doe. As he neared her she started walking on a course that would take her behind my stand. She passed behind me at thirty yards with him fifty yards behind. Perfect I thought as I slowly stood and turned to prepare for a shot. As he came close to my shooting lane I began to draw back. What the heck I said to myself. Something was preventing me from drawing my bow back. Now the buck is stopped in my shooting lane and I realize it is the strap from the safety restraing blocking my are. By than my window of opportunity is gone as the huge buck continued on. I normally never wear a restraint device so was unaware of the potential of it blocking your draw. Apparently I had the strap attached to the tree too high. I never got another chance at that buck or any others that week It was a painful error on my part that will eat at me for a long time. I am going back to Pike county dec. 28th to try and ease the pain................dabow