November 13 off Route 99 Ellicott City

This was a great day to be in the woods. I got started off on the right foot by leaving on time. Sunrise was at 6:49. I was at my tree by 5:45. As I was climbing I heard movement in the woods near me. This was the first time I have been in this spot and did not spook while getting to my tree. I put two wicks of Trails End 309 out about 20 yards from my stand. I had all the gear out today doe bleat, grunt call, and rattle bag. At just about light I hear some movement to my left. There are 2 doe far away pushing through and a relatively wide 4 pt checking them out. He moves away from them and looks like he was creating a scrape and he caught a whiff of my trails end. He moves in he was a very nice young deer with great potential. I chose not to take a shot on him. He was milling about under my tree for about 10 minutes. It was just too dark to get a picture or a video of him. I have heard there is a big 12 pt in the area so that is the buck I am looking for but my ultimate goal was to shoot a doe or two for the landowner. There were deer all over the place just not close enough to get a shot on. There was a decent 8 pt that came into range that i took a pretty good video except you have to turn your head to the side to watch it and they seriously reduced quality uploading it

It was a very successful day for me...I did not get a shot but I learned about there travels in the area. I did not spook any deer, no deer heard me, smelled me or saw me. I will look forward to going there in the future. Get your shotguns ready next Saturday is opening day of goose season.