At 7:15am this small buck that looks very much like the one from yesterday came following my trail. I don't know what the deal is with it this year, but this is the third time I have had deer trail me to my stand. The first two times I was actually in a stand. In both of those cases the deer came all the way to the base of the ladder. Today I was on a log. Having had recent experience with this phenomenon I have got in a habit of walking through a shooting lane at a right angle, then making a circle back to my stand. This little buck read the script. Initially I wasn't planning on taking him. He followed my steps across a shooting lane, then even turned back and made the same circle and was headed right for me. I really didn't want to spook him and have him run out a hundred yards and blow for a half hour.
This was the peak time for movement and I was sitting on 'The Log'. He left me no options. I had to protect my house. 
At 23 yards I decided to find out just what an ExoMax will do with brass inserts. I settled the crosshairs and squeezed the shot for a front lower neck/spine shot. He dropped like he was hit with a brass hammer. I had to put a quick follow up in him to end things, but he wasn't going anywhere.
The ExoMax buried all of the FireBolt with brass insert except about 4-inches. That portion was snapped off by the ground when he flipped over backwards. The bolt stopped when it hit spine. I've now broken two broadheads this week. When I was dressing him I retrieved the remainder of my FireBolt minus the Scorpion XP. I had to do some careful searching to retrieve the broadhead. I guess the spine impact was a bit much for the Scorpion XP to survive. It did its job so I guess I can't complain.
I'm really starting to wonder if there is something about the smell on my boots that is attracting deer. They do have their fair share of deer blood and splatter on them, but they also have stinky feet in them too. If bigger bucks start following me to my stand, then I will be a believer.
I called my first turkeys into bow range about an hour later, but couldn't get a clear shot. Once the turkeys got inside of 30 yards and didn't see another turkey, they turned and walked away. I'm going to perch myself up a tree tomorrow in hopes that I may be able to seal the deal.
DuckHunt
. Congrats on the buck.