The guy in this video, uploaded by True Magnum, slowly crept up on a bedded mule deer buck and grabbed it by the antler. It takes serious stalking skills to get that close to a deer. Any deer. I don't care if the buck is bedded up against the wall with nothing but antlers showing.

I remember the closest I've been to one. It was quite a few years ago during the late season in Kentucky. It was mid-morning. I'd watched a buck come running across a field toward a known bedding area north of me. I knew I had no shot at killing the deer where I was. So I grabbed my bow and took off after the deer.

I was able to maneuver around and get ahead of it. I heard the deer coming and slowly got into position. There he was. But I didn't have an ethical shot. I was at full draw, but couldn't bring myself to take a chest shot with a bow. The deer kept coming. It walked within five feet of me, looking straight on, before it finally detected me — a true testament to Realtree camo. It finally (after a lengthy stare down) did a 180 and took off over the ridge.

Talk about an adrenaline rush. I didn't kill the deer. But it sure was fun getting that close to a mature buck.

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