Nothing like a buck in nearby brush to get the adrenaline coursing early in the morning.
A close encounter ended well for a bruiser whitetail last weekend, but perhaps not if he shows again during Indiana's deer-firearms season which opens Saturday and continues through Dec. 3.
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