Older and Smarter...

I would like to raise a toast to the deer that live to be older than say.....3 and how smart they get quickly. After being transplanted from Utah to Tennessee due to the military I have had some awesome encounters with Whitetails and some good ones at that. This last weekend I sat in one of my favorite stands over a small food plot tucked back in the woods off of a larger food source. I had trail cam pics of some real good bucks that were running together all of which would go over 140 inches. They came in about the same time each night and fed for about half an hour. I am a scent free freak and try not to disturb anything when I enter a stand to hunt. I got on stand about an hour before what I was hoping would be show time. As if on que the four bucks showed up and even with the wind wrong they stood off and seemed very nervous. I swear to God those deer knew something just wasn't right. They all four tested the wind, scanned the area with their eyes and the ears looked like active radar dishes. After about 15 minutes they turned around and simply walked away. Those deer are smart and if they live another year they will be monsters and smarter yet. So here is to those smart old bucks that make hunting...not killing....fun. :thumb