Snowing hard since about 1:00;
Today at 5:10 pm. Deer snorted behind stand. I hunkered down on the floor,hid behind cammo he was so close. He walked within 5-6 yrds under stand. It was 5pnt buck hobbling on 3 legs. L/F leg appeared to be locked flush under body. I couldn't legaly shoot the deer. Behind and following him was a very nice basket 6-8+ pnt who looked up at me and did his stomping routine. He ran off few yrds,turned around and walked back across my stand. I yelled at him to get him stopped. He stopped looked at me, I scanned his rack/ears with scope, he wasn't legal(minimum 15"). Both deer trotted off. Both came within 10 yrds or less from stand. My buddy was in stand across rd. He walked into a small buck at dark while walking to truck. We're headed back in the A.M. Thurs. No deer but a good rush!