2 minutes...I had to pull up my bow as he was coming down the trail. Lucky for me I already had my release on (Dont ask me why, I never climb with it on, but that day I didnt take it off to climb. Fate, it seems, played a hand).
My father thought I was joking when I came back to the cabin less than ten minutes after going out.

mine was about an hour but my cuzin i was hunting with, took us 0 min. We saw a nice 8 on our trail so we got down and called him in

Only once have I had an encounter as short as yalls. Was on stand one cold morning before daylight and could see deer feeding out in front of me. Couldnt see horns yet, but was praying for daylight. As it got more and more daylight, his antlers grew and grew.

Looks great on my cabin wall!

My first morning in Illinois this year I killed a 130" 8 pt at 8:00 o'clock. I have had shorter hunts but that's the best short hunt that I have had.

I was able to harvest a deer two years ago on opening day approximately 20 minutes after the opening of the season.

..ofcourse I was in the tree for three hours before that.

Well it wasnt a buck, but 2 seasons ago on openning morning, i had a doe feeding around my stand in the dark once i was set. I was probably in the stand for a solid half hour before i had enough light to see my pins, but the second i had that light an arrow was sent through her lungs.

On another occasion, i had a beautiful 8 point come running down the trail as i was walking to my stand. He came to within 15 yards of me during the rut and stood broadside to me looking at me for about 30 seconds while i fumbled to put my release on. Then he bounded off. That taught me a lesson, always have your release on while in the woods.

I was in my early 20's ...first time I used a grunt call in the woods. Sat down, grunted 3 times... minutes later heard movement. Buck walked into 6 yards ears pinned back. Little 3x3 whitey.. thwack..from my old clearwater mag.. It was really cool..