3 yards, that one stung a bit. I finally had a good wind to sit in this little pocket on the bean field all the deer seem to congregate at every night. Access is tricky and not putting ground scent somewhere deer would come from or end up is impossible. Got up in the tree around 5 ish and the wind was real swirly, it literally blew every direction tonight and was pretty unpredictable. It was mainly blowing the opposite of what the prevailing wind called for but I stuck it out anyway. About an hour til last light a spike popped out about 100 yards away and fed by himself being super wary of his surroundings. He worked away from me and eventually another spike popped out with him about 20 minutes later. At one point they started trotting at me but they got behind some cover and I couldn’t see them anymore. They eventually hit my ground sit and bounded off the field without blowing or anything. About 20-30 minutes till last light I heard some leaves crunching behind me in the thick cover they’ve been staging in mainly. I get turned around and situated and there’s 2 or 3 bucks feeding and making there way to the beans behind me. I’m assuming the swirling wind was messing with them and they had to of smelled me a little bit but, they slowed down and mingled 15 yards from me for about 10 minutes. I could only catch glimpses of them as it was super thick and getting dark. One of them eventually ended up in the only opening I had no more than 10 feet from my tree. It was a really nice 8 I’d seen every night I’ve sat so far. I had the bow ready but hadn’t drawn back yet. He looked up at me after getting in the clearing then put his head back down. Once he turned away I drew but he started walking away after I got to full draw and I didn’t have a shot anymore. They hung out for awhile near my tree and eventually worked off somewhere and I got out. It was 93 when I got out to the tree today. Monday is calling for the same wind but a high of 80, hopefully they get on there feet earlier and the wind isn’t as swirly.
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