Opener Report out

I hunted an elevated ladder stand until around 9:30am and saw a small raccoon and nothing else. I got down and carefully moved down a logging road into a different area. I spooked 2 does and eventually saw a nice 8 pointer down the road aways, and initially he had no clue I was there. I took a knee and had no cover around me at all, so I tried to keep a low profile while positioning myself for a quick shot. I knew that if I moved at all, he was going to dissapear. The deer kept moving towards me while feeding and would look up every few steps and never noticed me. He got to 35 yards, turned broadside, and I was thinking too much and never drew the bow back. The next thing I knew was he was under 30 yards and moving directly towards me. He finally saw me and bolted around 28 yards or so. Hesitation with taking a shot that I know that I would have nailed, cost me the biggest deer that I would have shot to date! A very fun start to the season though!!