Bear with me, first time I posted a photo. Daylight of the last day found me in a ladder stand in a fencerow along a soybean field, looking to fill my doe tag. The stand was back in the fencerow against a large white pine. I had only trimmed enough branches from 10 o-clock to 2 to create a shooting lane across the field.
At 7:15, 4 deer appeared along the edge of the fencerow, only 30 yards to my left. No air moving, it was dead calm. I slowly moved my rifle to the shooting lane, hoping they would continue past me. Despite wearing wool clothing, they heard me. All eyes were pointed at my tree. After what seemed like a long stand off, the deer started to move forward. Right through the shooting lane, one of them looking my way at all times. They stooped behind the branches to my right. I couldn't believe it, 4 deer less than 20 yards away, and it looked like I wasn't even going to get a shot. Another stand off took place. Finally, curiosity got the best of the lead doe. She turned and walked back toward the shooting lane, stopping with just her head exposed from the pine branches. She gave me the once over for what seemed a long time. Eventually she had enough, turned and started to trot, quartering away for me. I pulled up the rifle, but had to wait til she was 45 yards away before she cleared the pine branches and I could shoot. When the smoke cleared she was down. Broke three ribs behind the shoulder on the right side, passed thru and broke one rib on the left. A lot of damage for a round ball. Only a doe, but still an exciting hunt. I got more satisfaction from this hunt than the large buck I took at 150 yds in Dec with my modern rifle. Picked up this rifle at the Lewisburg show seven years ago, and this was the seventh deer I've taken with it. Lucky for me, curiosity killed the deer.