A few years back I was bow-hunting and seeing a lot of deer that were out of range! This was my first evening out with my new Oneida Eagle, Aero Force bow!
Gradually it got dark, beyond shooting light and I quivered my arrow and lowered my bow to the ground and climbed down. I picked up my bow and, with it over my shoulder, I started across the meadow towards my truck.
There were still lots of deer out in the meadow and some were "very nice" bucks!
All of a sudden, I heard something running "FAST", so I stopped and looked in all directions! Finally I saw something moving, out in front of me, when it occurred to me that it was probably one of the bigger bucks that I had seen earlier, running the lesser bucks out of his meadow! As it got closer, (25 yards or so) I knew it was a big buck and he was still running at me. In an instant, the bow was off my shoulder and I was holding in in "baseball bat" fashion and I said to myself "if nothing else, this deer will have some marks too"! I started yelling as loud as I could, but I don't think the buck even heard me. I think he realized that I wasn't another buck when he was nearly on me! When he went by, he was within 6 feet or so as veered off to my right!