Well this morning a guy my dad works with Johnny, dad, and I went huntin. Johnny went in one spot, dad in one, and me in another. The spot dad had picked out for me he found last season while I was in boot camp and told me it should be a great spot for this mornin. I got settled in the stand and ready to go at 0630. At about 0730 we heard Johnny shoot. A few minutes later, I thought I heard something walking in the mud and I heard a squirrell barking too. Well I couldn't see anything; 15minutes later I see a deer commin through the thicket. She steps behind some thicket and stays back there feeding at 50yds. I must have watched her for almost an hour behind the thicket. She finally feeds off and disappears into the swamp at 0830. About an hour later, I thought I heard hogs grunting behind me in the pine thicket. Well, as it got closer it sounded more like a buck gruntin; I stand up and look, and sure enough I see brush moving but can't identify what it it. A few moments later it gets real quite, then I see a white flag walking straight out behind me walking briskly; wasn't running. 1000 comes by and I get out the tree and meet up with dad at the truck. He tells me he saw what look like a brute of a buck that was too far for a shot, and also tells me Johnny shot a 4point buck. We get over to where Johnny parked his vechicle and sure enough he has a nice lil 2x2.
I got the doe on video and after lookin back at it, dad told me I could have killed that deer easy. And now that I watched it a couple of times, I'd have to agree with him. Just at the time when I seen the deer, I didn't feel comftorable takin the shot in the thicket. Goin back this after in the same spot.
Looks like a nice tender one! You should make sure that he shares some of that backstrap with you. 
