So, now I have the deer I’ve been after for 2 seasons at 0 yards under the stand smelling my climbing sticks. WOW! I start to anticipate his next move. Will he smell my scent on the sticks and be gone? Will he go back the way he came under the canopy offering me no shot? Will he go left, or will he go right? Left or right, and I have a shot. After what seemed like 2 minutes of smelling, he must have decided whatever he smelled wasn’t a threat and turned right out in front of my stand. He’s now at about 2 yard and I just don’t have enough of an angle to feel comfortable taking the shot. He takes another step and now he’s just less than 5 yards facing dead away from me. One more step to the right and he’s under the canopy again and the show is over. I figure it’s now or never.