This all started yesterday afternoon about 4:45. I was sitting in my favorite south & east wind stand near the west side of my 40. It was a very quiet afternoon and no deer were moving, at least none that I'd seen or heard. The leaves were dry and a squirrel sounded like a horse walking. There was a sudden flurry of noise and motion about 50 yards to the east and a large deer went tearing through the woods like its tail was on fire. At first I thought it might be a doe being chased by a buck, but as I replayed the scene it seemed more like a buck body shape that had flashed by.
Within a minute, I head grunting and a bigger shape followed the same trail at speed. As this one went through an opening I saw white antlers - big ones! Not 5 minutes later the same scene replayed from a different angle, they had looped all the way around me through an open field and went by again at 50 yards with the big buck much closer to the smaller one. There was sounds of a scuffle about 100 yards away. I grunted and rattled. 5 minutes later the big buck came in and passed at 25 yards at a fast trot then angled away towards the direction the scuffle sounds had come from. More fighting sounds and sticks breaking.
This morning I snuck back to the same stand at first twilight. One the way in I found a shed only slightly chewed from its year on the ground. I took this as some kind of good sign.
Nothing moved this morning. I enjoyed my sunrise view of the woods and contemplating Thanksgiving and how blessed I am to have family, friends and time in nature. About 9:00 I got down and headed for home checking another stand near the area where the fight sounds had been. I was looking around from the base of the tree where this other stand is hung and suddenly realized I was looking at antlers not 15 yards away in the grass.
Topic: Thanksgiving morning 6 point (Read 4843 times)
