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Didn't have cell phone service yesterday afternoon but I wanted to post this ...
I settled in around 2:30 PM about 20 ft up my tree overlooking a food plot. I was facing out over the plot on the edge of a hardwoods pocket at the base of a mountain. The cloud cover was fairly thick and it was getting dark pretty fast. Fog had begun to settle in and I could hear squirrels and turkeys in the area.
About 4:30 PM I hear a crunch probably 15 yards behind me. I froze and waited ... A few seconds later the whole danged woods on either side of me and behind me lit up with deer. They were right on me so I couldn't move. Two fawns came right up to my tree and started sniffing every spot where I'd layed my gear down while setting up. A large doe, obviously their mamma, had stopped about 20 yards to my left, in a thicket area and she was watching me like a hawk. I couldn't move or I'd surely scare them off so I did the only thing I could do ... I sat there and watched these beautiful critters all around me rooting around in the leaves while the mamma stood there diligently watching me intently.
After 5 or 10 minutes I decided that I'd better at least try to get a shot. I started moving very slowly to swing my bow towards that mamma doe. Nope, she immediately started stomping her front left hoof. Within 2 seconds all I could see was white flags running back up the mountain.
Not a kill but certainly a successful hunt, I loved just sitting there watching them. I don't wanna derail this LFTT so I'll post a thread to see what yall's ideas on what to do in this situation are.
Good luck and be safe!
Rocket out
I don't want to pass quietly into the night. I want to slide in sideways kickin and screamin. Life really is awesome ... Soak it up while you can ...
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Window Licker
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to see what yall's ideas on what to do in this situation are.
Not much pisses me off more than getting busted by an old doe. I try and wait as long as possible and be as still as possible. If they start acting all crazy, I try and wait for that doe to put her head down or turn and walk off, then I draw and shoot if possible. Killed several this way. Just my $0.02
"No, I'm not a good shot, but I shoot often."
- Teddy Roosevelt
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14 point
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I'm in Georgia this morning. The rut should be here or just around the corner. I'm gonna sit it out till lunch or so. You cheating again? 
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Administrator
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Them old alpha does can be real bitches sometimes....
"I hate rude behavior in a man. I won't tolerate it." Captain Woodrow F. Call
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Them old alpha does are real bitches.... Fify 
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Dang shaw, some of us have class!
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Window Licker
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Dang shaw, some of us have class! Not Shaw. Some of us also have to work...
"No, I'm not a good shot, but I shoot often."
- Teddy Roosevelt
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Ill be in a tree come morning if all goes well, this is thread is as close to hunting as I'll get today
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Headed to the woods in Macon co for an absolutely beautiful afternoon. 60, sunny, slight NW wind!!!! According to our cams the big bucks are on their feet. Hunting horns this afternoon. Good luck to everyone who gets to enjoy this afternoon.
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I'm having a hard time choosing my spot today conditions are perfect.
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I'm set up on the same food plot as yesterday. Good luck fellas
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Set up in the hardwoods on another swamp chestnut. A nannerhead needs to screw up and commit suicide.
"I hate rude behavior in a man. I won't tolerate it." Captain Woodrow F. Call
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......and right on time, there's the sun. This is gonna be a great afternoon to be in the woods. There should be some arras flung at something this evening. Good luck! 
"For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his soul?" .....Mark 8:36
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I'm back strapped in for the afternoon hopefully catch something moving through today. Truthfully I'm more excited about tomorrow morning then this afternoon. I'll try to post pics later but this is my first trip in the woods since purchasing the game plan tree stand system the thing is awesome and makes toting the stand much more comfortable.
The secret to a long marriage is to keep on dating, just as you did before marriage. We have "date night" once a week.
Hers is Saturday, mine is Thursday.
The only time a married woman gives those is if your not married to them!
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I'm in the swamp chestnut aisle of the store. 4 big trees in front loaded with nuts. Lots of droppings around trees. More scattered down the river bank. I'm sitting 50 yds from the Succranochee. Had a deer coming in as I was setting up climber. Just trotted off not too concerned. Got a 3 year old clear cut to the south about 200 yds. Wind is light and variable. Mainly NE to SE. Perfect!!
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Strapped in and ready to go. Don't know if I'm overly optimistic or jinxed myself but already called CNC and put him on notice!!!
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Hunting Bankhead National Forest this afternoon. Set up in some white oaks on a logging road with 2 scrapes filled with leaves coming from some 10 year old pines 150 yards away. Good luck to y'all it should be a good afternoon.
It is hard to kill or catch anything sitting on the couch!
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Good luck, I won't be in the stand till Friday. This cooler weather has the customers calling.
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Well I decided to come to southern lee county beaver swanp to my right 1/4 acre plot in front oaks and chest nuts , see more deer here than anywhere I hunt . Left  Right  Front 
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I'm on a hardwood ridge above a field that's on the Tallapoosa River. Gonna whack a doe if given the chance.
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