Deer Science: How Bucks See
The 10-pointer stepped out of the brush, took a quick look around, lowered his head and strolled toward the corner of the bean field. I smiled and put tension on the bowstring. The wind was perfect for where I was sitting, and in less than a minute the buck’s route would take him down a shallow funnel and to a place less than 25 yards below my tree stand. He kept coming, nose to the ground, but 40 yards out he stopped, flinched, peeked up and wheeled back into the cover. What the…? Had I moved a muscle? I didn’t think so. All I knew was that the buck was gone, and I was I left to wonder went wrong, [...]