I headed out lastnight and decided to sit in my new stand along the river. I arrived at my stand around 445 or so, It was actually cool along the river with the sw wind. Not seeing anything, I decided to start getting ready to pull out at around 650 or so. I took a good look around and spotted movent to the NE of me. I could see it was a mature deer, but wasnt sure if it was a buck or doe. I waited. It then moved into a clearing about 45 yards and I could plainly see it was a good shooter buck, spread about 19-20inches. I couldnt tell how many points nor how tall his rack was. I waitted in hopes he would offer me a shot. He never did. I gave him sometime to leave the stand area and I proceeded to exit the area as quietly as possible. As I started walking out, I heard him leap. I froze and waited...nothing....I figured he went down over the bank and to the river...I proceeded to walk some more. Got to the road that he was standing on and that when I see him, a flash of white, and there he was.....gone . I am going to let this stand sit another week before hunting it again, I only hunt this stand once a week. I dont have any pics of the buck but here are some from the stand. The buck was standing in the area of the NE pic.

Looking North


Looking North East


South East


NW


West

why were you in such a hurry to get out of your stand?...course you are probably asking yourself that now.

Yup....[:@]But it was getting pretty dar by the time was on the ground, and it was pitch black by the time i made it back to the car.

Serious question....(I'm sure there's a legit answer???????).....but why would you get down before you lost shooting light?

Its not that im afraid of the dark, its whats in the dark im afraid of....bears, wolves, wearchickens.....It was plnety dark when I finally got down. I normally dont get down untill dark.

is anyone having a hard time seeing the pics other than npockat

I can't see the pics.

Ill see if I can fix them, apparently I can see them but no one else can.

Yep, no pics.

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