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OK I am a flat lander and almost every weekend I go up to the cabin in the woods from LI. This morning I go out to my tree stand that over looks my opening day stand where I will go it's about 150 to 200 yards away. With binoculars you can see the difference between does and bucks but can't see exactly how points. So I am in the stand at first light and see a few does eating in a moss field with the 2 bucks I have been watching since August. By 8 the show is over and they have gone up into the mountains. I decide to walk down and check my cameras. That is what this flat lander always does. As I walk I hear something less them 25' from my side. I peak over the bushes their he was a 12 pointer. His head is down sniffing. He never looks up. WHAT DO YOU DO!! I hit the deck I can hear him walking closer about to enter the trail am on. 20' 15' CRAP he is going to see me smell me a run away forever never to be seen in daylight again Think fast I lay on the ground like a log grab my iPhone get the camera ready because no one will ever believe this. As I am laying there he hits the trail 9' from me looking at me but sniffing the ground. I could see the morning dew on his nose. I am thinking he is going to run right in to me. He just kept walking looking at me as I looked at him. I was to afraid to move he turns a little snap a picture he keeps going. He walks up the hill behind me and every once and a while looks back at me. I try to stay behind a tree between us peeking around the side he looks see me but keeps walking knowing he is the king in this area. Finally he walks pass my stand that I will be in on opening day. I swear on my life, my guns my right to bear arms and become a Democrat anti if this is not a true story Oh here he is. I will not be touching the 5 or 6 they can live on until next year. Here is my white whale

Just got back from a week of paradise. The first 2 days were a disaster. I have a week end worrior nieghbor who shot a 7 point and lost it in the woods. That bothers me. I had another camp up the mountain from me who dicided to "sight in" and drink on the day before opening day. All 8 of them. They could not figure out why they did not see any deer. The good news was they all left by lunch time Sunday. All quite!! I went out on Monday morning and and saw 5 does walking through the woods with out a care in the world making more noice then I ever heard before. That was of caurse before a 7 pointer that was following along with what sounded like he was wearing snow shoes going through the woods. I thought it was a group of hunters because i never heard so much noice in my life. They were 70 yards away and if i was using an Ipod, I still would have heard them. I spot my deer but it was not clear so I waited until he hit the trail after the does finally thier he was but i only had 2 seconds for a shot. i know he was legal as I could see his points from the tree stand but not his body. BOOM I take a good safe clean shot. I hit him him and waited for 10 minutes to go look. I go down my tree stand walk to where I hit him but no blood. I walk around for 10 minutes making all kinds of racket looking for a sign and nothing. I take my second hat from my pocket and put it on the ground where I know I hit him. I go back up the hit hill back up the tree stand to get a better visual again. As I settle in and zero in on the hat all of sudden the 7 is walking towards me. He was at 60 yards and closing in. I thought why shot him as he is getting closer to me and walk towards a better area to gut him out. I thought I hit him. As he got to 40 yards or less he turned sideways and I saw the hole. So I took the neck shot and he dropped like a stone. If I saw that I hit him sooner I would have never waited. 2 deers in 2 years all within 20 feet of each other. This is my spot and i am not telling anyone I hope all had a a good safe opening week.