Morning:
So i see my first frost of the morning. Perfect. or so i thought. i bust 2 deer out just trying to get to my stand. as soon as i get up in my stand i see a one yearling doe. Too far oh well. a little later i catch a glimpse of 2 deer walking to my right way out of range. i grunt and what do they do. walk right under my stand. to bad it wasn't the one i was in! I begin to second guess my stand choice for the morning. I lean down to get a glance under a part of the canopy that is still remaining. and guess what here comes a deer right aat me. broadside at 30 yards and what do i see but a 2 year old fork horn with nubs for eye guards. after he presents me with 4 different shot opportunities at less than 12 yards he walks off. i begin to wonder if i should have taken him. see i have yet to harvest one with my bow.
After i convince myself it was for the best for my QDM pratices, even though i haven't seen any results yet, i decide to stick to it.
I decide to see what time it was. as i go to look at my clock i hear something crash through the brush. i look over and see a buck looking over his shoulder. i could imidiately tell he was a shooter and he busted me cause i looked to see what the time was. God what an idiot i am. All i can do is watch him walk away right under my other stand. Again. oh well guess i should be happy with the movement.

Evening:
After a morning like this one i decide i had to have this buck and I was gonna devote every second to him. i get to the woods about 5pm. get in stand. and guess what i forget my release. oh well i can shoot fingers as well. I rattlle in a little buck but he is even smaller than this morning. then nothing and nothing till 15 min before dark. i hear some steps and see a nice doe walking through. i grunt at her and she decides to check me out but stops 10 yards short of my shooting lane. as she begins to walk away i grunt at her again and catch the flicker of a tail behind me and to my right. a couple of bounds and i get it stopped with a couple of quick grunts. after scanning the area i see it is the same shooter form this morning. and guess what. He walks all the way around behind me with no shot capability.

I guess my main question would be will this mature deer recognize my grunt callsor should i change anyway just to be safe?

You are using your head. Leaving the little ones go will be worth it in the long run. If we got every one that we saw, it would be a short and unfulfilling season. Be happy you have seen so many. You will see them again.

I sure hope so. I cn only think the worse after i see a buck that is gonna push 130" and all i can do is watch him walk away. Now that i think about it its even more my fault. If i had payed alittle more attention to the younger buck and his body posture he probably would have told me the bigger one was coming in.

I still can't believe i made a mistake like that this morning. If I had not I would have had a great buck on the ground and this post would be accompanied by pictures.

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