I had a similar story once on the last day of ML. I was newly married and my Mrs. was worried about me being out hunting. (Now, she just asks if the insurance is paid up...) I was sitting in the ground in about 3" of snow and my butt was getting wet. About an hour after sunlight I noticed the perfect stump (it was a double trunked tree where one trunk had been cut off at seat leve making a perfect chair) about 25 yards away and decided to move over to it. Since I had already moved, I decided to call her and let her know I was alive. Basically, score some brownie points as I'd already disturbed the woods by moving. Right after she picks up, there'e s huge buck (at least by VA public land standards) snorting at me and running away. Argh! At any rate, I went back to that stump the next day for the Rifle Opener and when that buck came by at exactly the same time I popped a cap in his a$$. Redemption is sweet.