Last evenings hunt, was a classic..and I almost didn't go due to the full moon..wow

I go to the Observation stand. This is the one I can get to after work without disturbing too much ground. I settle in about 5:15 or so. At 6:00 I got movement coming at me...deer?? small.. must be a yearling...Cool it's a Coyote. (now for you guys who hunt where they are numerous this may be common or almost a nuisance, but it's the first one I've ever seen while on stand in Ohio. I've seen a couple in Pa and even seen them in Ohio while driving, but never from stand). He comes up past me at 60 yards disappears. 10 minutes later he comes back down the same way. I start to smooch my hand like a squealing rabbit, it gets his attention he hangs up at 50 yards..I can't get a shot. I watch him move out into a grassy area and look for mice. Finally he exits the field.
Another 8-10 minutes goes by I catch movement in the same area the yote left the field. Good, maybe he's coming back..no wait, it's a deer! Binoculars up, it's a buck, an 8 point! Heworks his way towards me,right up into my shooting lane at 18 yards, I've already decided that it's too early in the season to take this 80-90 class deer. But he does everything right and comes through my treeline and feeds on the brown soy-beans hanging on the vine. He is so close I can hear him crunching. Now all this is happening in very good light. Finally the buck feeds up the field edge. I can no longer see him. Just as dusk is bearing down, here he comes again right back in front of me and works his way down the other way. I'm hoping he gets out of here now so I can get down and outwithout spooking him. Where I hunt, hundreds of geese fly over at almost dark. As they come over I use the noise they make to climb down and exit the tree line to the open field. It's dark but the full moon makes it light enough to see. Here comes the buck again! down the trail right at me. I hunker down. He walks to within 10 yards to make a long story a little shorter, this buck walks all around me for 20 minutes, all within 10-15 yards. My legs are so cramped from squatting I nearly fall over, all this does is get the buck to move closer. Finally I have to stand up even that doesn't scare him he parralled me all the way through the field. It was strange..very strange.

He originally came in the first time on a perfect wind, he ended up feeding directly downwind of me. In the dark he walk 360 degrees around me, and never scent spooked. I had my Gods Country Camo on and my Scent-lok base layer. By the time I walked to my truck (which I can see form my stand) it was 8:15 What a night! Great Hunt..Weird deer..but great hunt.

Awesome thanks for sharing

That is a sucessful hunt no matter how you look at it, what a great night in the stand!

Sounds like a great evening!!!!!!! Good luck this season!

That really sounds like a great outing. Thanks for sharing!!

Good story thank you! That full moon is really lighting things up all night into the early morning.I'll bet as this moon wanes back the next few days you'll see alot of movement @ last light.I have had that happen to me many times as you did.It's a blast and keeps ya coming back to the stand