I stopped the insanity early this year! 
It feels a little odd heading into November without a buck tag but Im not complaining. 
Yesterday was the first time sitting this stand in 2010 and I rattled this guy in at 8am. He came through my shooting lane broadside and at full draw I decided to let him walk 
…only had a profile view and noticed shorter tines. He went about 25 yards past me in the thick buckthorn and after about a minute he turned around and came right back through. Again at full draw… this time I bleated to stop him in the shooting lane WHEN he looked in my direction 
I couldnt decide if I should kick myself or shoot first..probably why I hit him back a little bit. After the arrow passed through he ran off about 50 yards(just out of site)and I didnt hear another sounds so I sat there for about 45 minutes before getting down. When I climbed down I heard him bust out of the brush but he didnt go far, I couldnt believe he was still right there? I backed out and let him sit all day before going back to look at about 9pm. After 2 hours and about 10 drops of blood later we decided to back out again til morning. THEN on the way back to the truck I heard the sweet words “There he is!!”
He only went 50 yards since the morning and bedded in a blowdown. The only other time I sat this stand was opening day of gun season 2009 and I ironically passed a very wide short tined 8pt 
and ended up getting the heavy dark racked 8pt pictured below. 2 for 2, you know where I’ll be on this years gun opener 
October 31, 2010 at 12:41 am
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Congrats 
Thanks for the nice comments! Its always fun to share the story and a few pics with the guys! Good luck in the upcoming weeks!!
