HEY that reminds me,,i work nights and mornings is a chore..i got to where there is a excellent spot coming to a oak ridge from 2 swamps in 90 degree from each other..i had made it un sleepy from 4 hours of sleep the night before until 3 pm the afternoon.. i was beat... but know that its only a matter of time for a deer to appear. AROUND 3 PM peak time FROM 20 years before... i couldnt take non sleep no more.. ILL JUST SHUT MY EYES A FEW MINUTES i convinced myself. A few minutes thats all ive done this before ..no prob.. KNOWING BETTER 3:30 a half hour After i dozed off more than a few nods..I Came too ...and i looked to my left there was a ass of a deer 25 feet away and as i turned more towards it.... my coat rubbed onto the hemlock i was sitting underneath and this 12 point or better bolted off down behind me as i rolled to my left being right handed trying to get a shot i.... see him and a few does and a 8 point satelite buck that had passed before i woke up same path right by me. I got aim shot..MISSED and that big boy bolted back right by me same way that he come.... then stopped 50 yards away as i tried to reload and got another patched ball down on powder and couldnt get a good shot ...almost laying down crouched and leaning half awake and after i was thinking i could of shot him 20 feet away as he ran right back near me with a pistol from the hipwoke up once with a family of deer looking at me from about 10 yards away
tried real hard to be slow but my first movement set them off and they were gone before I could shoulder my rifle
cricked my neck good sleeping like that but it was restful, didn't get a deer that year