I watched my neighbor shoot a button buck, that was smaller than one of my Ponters, from a ground blind last evening. I had just walked out on the porch and put the binos on the deer when he let the arrow fly, which was pretty coincidental.

Just before six PM this evening I moved directly from my house to the ladder stand bordering my field and the neighbors bean field where I saw the deer standing last night.  Wind was out of the South which was ideal because I would be North of the critters should they come into the field as they did last night.  I broke every rule of approaching a hunting stand as I wanted to get to my ladder as quick as possible so, it wasn't until I turned into the tree row that I spotted a large doe standing 100 yds (+/-) into the bean field but luckily, she didn't follow the rules either because she was looking the other way.
 
I'm now standing stiffer than a dead tree, only ten yds from my tree stand and the doe put her head down to which, I took two giant steps then refroze as she picked her head up but, still looking in the opposite direction.  Two more giant steps followed by three baby steps when she dropped her head again.  Almost there when up pops the head, this time toward me and I am halfway through another giant step.  Dam I forgot to say "mother may I" and almost got sent home but the doe turns her head the other way and takes time watching behind her.  Nuts, I was certain another pair of eyes would becoming into the field so it was hop, skip, jump and, I was on the bottom rung of my ladder.  Head down one rung up, head up looking the other way; one rung up, head down; one rung up, heck if you think this is getting monotonous you shoulda been in my shoes. 
 
AT LAST on the platform, bow stowed in the holder, I now sitting and, the doe still feeding with no additional eyes seen along the fields edge.  Head up; I sit, head down; I sit then finally, the deer begins to move... away from me of course.  First it was one step then two steps then the doe turns toward me taking 3 baby steps followed by 4 giant steps before stopping, looking the other way before, laying down 100 yds (+/-) from my stand.
 
OK so it wasn't all a loss, it was a beautiful afternoon and I enjoyed the coolness of the evening air as I watched the fields and trees turn to a warm orange from the glow of the setting sun.  This time I followed the rules of leaving ones stand so I stayed well past sunset.  Although certain I could climb down without being seen by the doe, I checked with each step down, in her direction to assure she wasn't standing looking at me.
 
One rung to go, then I was on the ground turning toward my field when I was reminded that the rules recommend checking 360 degrees around your stand BEFORE descending.  I still don't know who scared who more and I'm still wondering where the hell the deer came from.
 
I'll be back at it, this time (maybe) in the morning.
 
 
 
Addendum:  Stupid deer!!
 
 
                                                                             Can you spot the deer in this picture?
 
 
 
                                                                        
 
 
                                                                And doesn't this tree look like the tree in Mopar's picture?
 
                                                                             Ooops.. wait, what?  Honest it's in my yard!

BeenThereDoneThat.
                                                                           Can you spot the deer in this picture?                                                                                                                                             And doesn't this tree look like the tree in Mopar's picture?                                                                              Ooops.. wait, what?  Honest it's in my yard!

. BTDT but my tree has deer under it .... lol 🍺😜🍺. Good story bud ...well yesterday evening I get to my favorite spot , ya know where the tree is at now this is on my uncles property ( only info ) I'm giving up . So I see my uncle walking down the field , he spots me and says hey you have a chain , I'm stuck so I go and pull him out, then go check my camera's , get ready to get in my stand get a call from my son telling me he just blew a tire but he is ok just can't get his car jacked up. Had to go home get my little floor jack and go help him anyhow got his tire changed then his car wouldn't start dead battery 😡...gave him a jump followed him to his house , checked his battery no water in it put water in it and put it on charger .... got back home at 7:30 so NO HUNTING ..... KIDS !!! 😜🍺

Dateline: Today; Right now.

OK thought I'd send an update while playing rock-a-bye BTDT in the tree.

Wind is south at 10 MPH, Sun is shining, humidity 44%, temp. is 72 and I'm wishing I would have wore my shortyshorts with the RealTree Fig Leaf camo pattern.

Thought I'd get an early start today and by now I'm guessing yinz know there is nothing going on because I am sitting in my tree rocking to and fro playing with my...... stupid phone.

Stay tuned, breaking details as they happen.

Film at 11... which I doubt but, I can allows hope.

Meanwhile don't forget to look for the deer in the picture.


PS. Not Mopars pictures.

PSS. Stupid Squirrels.

Thanks Steve, it was good getting back out and I did get to see three doe this evening, one in the bean field came out just before dark and further to my south then last night, so no hope there.   A half hour before that two doe entered my field just to the East of me and it looked like they would be working their way up the edge maybe giving me a 20 yd shot.  Closer they got I could see they were both young-uns with one looking to be about 1.5 and the other 2.5 years.  Didn't matter, the older of the two seemed fascinated with something going on west of us and darted toward the center of my field then started the foot stomping thingy before heading back from which they came.
 
I'm thinking they stayed in the woods longer today because the deer I startled when I (thank goodness it was on the way down) missed the last rung on my ladder last night,  sent "hunter text alerts" out to everyone.
 
Calling for rain in the morning which I'm going to use for an excuse to sleep in but I thinkin I'll be back out in the afternoon.
 
Hope you enjoyed your dinner and thank you for making me hungry so late in the evening.  Do ya know if McDonald's serves spaghetti?

Congrats on the doe bighead.

............... Stupid deer!      But the afternoon was not a total loss as I found a new bedding area of several deer and had they not seen me coming, I might have got a shot at one of them.
 
 
 
Also learned a new way to make my own camouflage clothing so now I will only need to wear a dark pair of cotton pants and a dark cotton shirt then run through the "Burr" weeds three or four times,  "VOILA".......! instant camo!  Hand wash cold water; line dry only.
 
Weather dude calling for frost overnight and into the morning again so I think I'm going to give it a go before first light,  I'm thinking (hoping) that I may have disrupted the routine of those deer and I'm 'most sure I saw antlers going into the woods.  So with any luck at all, the deer will be looking for a new place to bed down in the morning and maybe it will be near my deer stand. Now all I need do is just figure out which stand that might be.
 
Frosty nights and a full moon is coming, it's gonna get interesting..........
 
 
Stay tuned.
 
 
Luck to yinz all.
 
 
PS. Picture of my new camo pattern (patent pending)     
 
                                                                  

Nice shot. Text book. Nice big burger doe. Congrats

Nice job......that will dent your freezer
 

Nice Crappie...went out myself this evening on OTHER property jus wanted 2 get out.
Checked cams which was main reason to go out and sat last hour and half...had 3 large gobblers and group of 8-9 hens feed around me for hour and saw lil 8pt pushing doe and 4 youngins around...gud 4 da soul...camera cards had this on it going to have to go back over there again!
Trying to hold off on stands here at home until end of Oct but everything is ahead of schedule lots of fields harvested here earlier than I can remember it happening last 10 years guess the dry weather has corn and beans dried out...the fever is setting in   --WCW
 

Very cold calm morning. 8am a lone button buck tried to sneak through followed by 2 small doe. Wife told me I had to put some blood on the ground today so I figured the first one would do. At the shot I saw my arrow knock end fly up in the air about 5 ft from the deer then the rest of the arrow graze the top of its back. No idea what the fmj hit but it broke the arrow in half and I for sure didn't see any tree limb around.

The doe decided to mosie around for 10 minutes under the brush and it's sister decided she wanted to stand right where the first was on my messed up shot. I was just about to draw back again when the first turned and came straight down my trail so I put the sight on her again and when she stopped at 10 yards I let the 2ND arrow fly. She didn't move. Dropped in her tracks and flipped over once and that was it.

Still have no clue what happened to the arrow on the first shot. It broke about 5 inches from the knock. What's odd is my wife had the same thing happen a few years back and we never figured out what broke hers either. Only thing I can figure is it maybe broke when it hit the ground and I saw it catapulting back up in the air?

I'm shooting 400 Easton full Metal jackets from a 60 lbs pse axe 7 that Ken at field and stream set up. I figured out the broadhead problem. I had the between the limb dampeners on it and after removing them my arrows all shoot fine.
First shot only grazed her back not even 1/4 deep across her back. 2nd was perfect double lung top of the heart shot.

Back at it bright and early this afternoon, 74 degrees with a strong wind out of the south. Not much going on except the tree swaying one direction and my ladder stand going in another, making weird muffled thumps and bumps.

Not overly concerned as I once read a report where more climbing injuries ocurr from people standing on their kitchen chairs then do from a ladder.

Which I can not imagine to be correct... who the hell hunts deer standing on a kitchen chair?

I have 6 of the blue labeled ones about 5 years old that are getting trashed. Have 6 I picked up last year I'll use then replace after the season. First kill with a rage chisel tip. I'm impressed with the hole. May try out a swhacker next