I have a fresh one. It's rifle season where I am now and I decided to check some high ground in a canary grass swamp. It has a stand of Popple trees that I wanted to check and see if one is big enough for a portable tree stand.
After lunch I still hunted the area and saw a lot of sign and some beds but didn't see any deer. I went to look at the trees and some are getting big enough for a portable stand. I leave for the portable and return with the ATV. I put in the screw in pegs bring up stand and ax to clear a couple branches. I'm chopping away and a deer catches my eye. A nice sized spike buck is running across a field and heading right for me.
He slows down in the brush and walks in for a perfect shot and there I was holding my ax with the rifle on the ground. He was closer to my rifle than I was! LOL