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Pat B:
After cleaning myself up it was pretty funny.  ;D

BowEd:
You bet a snort from a deer really close is a little surprising to say the least!!.To get a mature wary doe most times is just as much if not more of a challenge as a smart buck seems like.
I had this buck once[a nice 3 year old 8 point] make an a$$ of me 2 times in a stand.
First time in the evening he came right from behind me[without me realizing it] like I wanted but stopped right directly underneath my stand[I was maybe 15' up].Sniffed the climbing sticks.Looked right up at me through the screen of the stand.Walked away slowly at and angle for a quartering away shot but kept his perriferral vision on me.Anytime I moved[bringing the bow up to shoot] he moved away faster.Never did get a shot.
Next morning I got in the stand in the dark[sun close to horizon] and just got settled in and looked not more than 30 yards away in the dim light and could see horns through the brush.It was him again!!!Just standing there.He had watched me climb into my stand and never presented a shot again.....lol.Never did see him again the rest of the season.
He sure had my number I tell ya!!!Most times seems if I see a real dandy buck I'll only get to see him once in the season.

Swamp Thang:
Some great advice.....right now I feel like picking a spot is random at best but I have my eye on two places one is a very worn trail crossing a very small but deep dried Creek bed and the other is a huge pine tree that fell over and wedged in between two sweet gum trees with a light trail underneath and it sits about twelve feet in the air along an sapling wood line.

Swamp Thang:
Here's a picture of the woodline in the distance from the ground.

BowEd:
Looks pretty good.Especially that worn trail.It can be frustrating not getting a shot.Even though sign of deer is there.At least your trying.Odds are eventually you will get a shot.To enjoy the journey can easily get over shadowed by lack of success.Believe me I know what your going through.Lots and lots of sitting time.Waiting,waiting,waiting.Trophy hunters will go through a lot of that but I'm not a trophy hunter really.
In my area here there are a group of deer mostly does and fawns generally hanging around a certain area.The more the better.The bucks will come,and later in the rut what I call traveler bucks[bucks going out of their general area] will be searching for in season does that are missed.They are usually pretty big dominant bucks.Does'nt always mean the biggest racked buck does all the breeding either though.It can seem confusing.Seems the amount of testosterone and body size of a buck will determine most times breeding priviliges.If I spook them in their back yard they will be pretty wary the next time I'm there most times especially if I go there at the same time of day the next time.I generally leave that area alone for a while like 2 weeks or so.Having lots of different spots or areas really helps a lot.
At the moment here I'm not seeing the amount of bucks I usually see this time of year even though the does are here,and they know I'm around.Just because I don't see them does'nt mean they don't see me.Coming and going etc.Getting in between their bedding area and their feeding area for an ambush is about all I try to do here.Determining where those areas are is the key.Watching their habits of travel every day.Hard thing to do if a person has to drive to a place far away to hunt but still doable looking at sign around to determine where to sit.
So hang in there.Try to enjoy the journey and I hope you get a shot.I'll do the same.

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