I arrived at my new stand site at 6 am after applying Evercalm to my boots & a 1/2 hr later, a deer came in fast sniffing & looking around. There was a tree in front of me at 6 ft & he came right up to it & peeked around . I couldn't tell if it had antlers, but as he was walking away, I could certainly smell him. About an hr later, 4 does were cutting my trail about 60 yards behind me when they turned & left. An hr or so after that, a big doe was checking the same spot where the other does were & got spooked. She & two others I didn't see at first took off with their flags flying & ran back the way they came. So that leaves me wondering if the does are acting as if a buck is nearby & since they're not ready, they get nervous. Nothing happened after that & I decided to take the stand down. I was gonna put it where the does were coming thru, but some kid is hunting closer to that area & I didn't want to mess it up for him, even though he wasn't there, so I had a sandwich back at the truck & went home.
