While bowhunting at a nearby WMA I spotted a doe deer bedded down 50 or so yards away. I proceeded to stalk it and after 30 minutes I closed to about 25 yards when I stepped on a stick and was sure I'd scared the deer. I drew my bow and the deer lay there motionless so I proceeded to take another step or 2 before I took the shot only to discover the deer was already dead. I guess someone had wounded it earlier in the week and it bedded down there and died.