That's somthin isn't it...I also had that happen one year. The whole time I was dressin the doe too, I shouted obscenities at him, waved at him and still stood there. I finally decided if he's stupid enough to watch me dress his lady he's stupid enough to watch me reload my muzzle loader. I don't think he was new to that game, he watched as I rammed the sabot down but didn't stick around for the priming. It's probably a good thing as I didn't have another buck tag to use, would have had to chase down the MIL to get her's.
Tried to sit out a while today but my back and leg wanted nothing to do with it. That little time wasn't completely wasted, there were a bunch of squirrels looking for food. One got spooked when I moved then wasn't sure of what he was seeing so he climbed one of the trees in front of my tree stand and ended up almost arms length away. One branch higher and I would have swatted the branch to see him sh** and run. Seen the most gorgeous coyot today too, black under fir and the the longer fir made him look like he had a silver shine to him. Would have had a close up but he didn't stand still long enough for me to help him with his lead deficiency. Oh well....