I got this monster on the way back to the truck after missing an 8-pointer. I was sitting in my stand on Nov. 25, 2007 on my first mid-day hunt of gun season. I sat all day with just seeing a couple does off in the distance. Then I heard something coming down the trail I was hunting and a big doe and a nice 8 point came out from behind some brush. I waited till he got in range then boom. I noticed he ducked right under it. So I got out of my stand and was walking back to the truck and noticed two does run into a small 1/2 acre swamp on the property. So I slowly made my way over to the swamp keeping out of sight and out of mind to the deer as I started into the opposite side of the swamp that the does bedded down in. I heard something stirring in the brush. Thinking it was the does. I was mistaken as I took my next step, the monster jumped up 8 feet in front of me, I took a shot and skimmed his back, he ran into a nearby bigger swamp. As I got closer I could see the top of his rack sticking out of the tall grass he didn't move until I got about 10 yards then he gave me the once in a lifetime shot and I took it!

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Memorize Rocks
Memorize rocks. Yes. And stumps. If you hunt an area regularly, memorize the things that look like deer... stumps, rocks, etc. Then one time you will be hunting along, and... "hmmmm, I don't remember that rock" ... and you will look more closely, and, aha! ...it is actually a deer, hoping you would think it is a stump. Try it. It works!

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