I was half way climbing up the tree at day break when I noticed 1 doe, then another, then about 15 of them and a good stud buck all within 50 yards in this small 5 acre field. A wall of privet and blackberry allowed me to get so close.
But by the time I got my muzzleloader up the tree, one was on to me and they all busted. Had does around all morning, finally they came back close enough to get a shot on one.
Not my first deer out of the saddle but first with a gun. I’ve just been ground hunting the past couple years once muzzleloader and rifle season come around.