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Re: How many deer did you miss before your first & why?
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01/25/18 01:34 AM
01/25/18 01:34 AM
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 28,989 Fosters, Alabama, USA
Shaw
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First deer I ever shot at was in my third season and I missed. I shot it for the wrong yardage back before laser rangefinders were readily available and shot under her. I gut shot the second one I ever released an arrow on. That was in my fourth season. I really didnt have enough light to the be attempting a shot that morning. I killed my first one the very next morning out of that same stand. She was 33 yards and I was aiming for center lung, but hit her right through the neck. She was DRT. I didnt get a shot at one the next season, but Ive killed at least one every season since. Up to 21 straight seasons now.
Ive missed and boogered them up because of about every excuse imaginable. Just when you think youve got it figured out, youll screw up because of something new. The only thing you can do is learn from the mistake and move on. Anyone that tells you theyve never missed or boogered one up hasnt shot at very many with a bow. Hell, Ive missed them at 12 yards. Yes, 12 YARDS!
"I hate rude behavior in a man. I won't tolerate it." Captain Woodrow F. Call
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Re: How many deer did you miss before your first & why?
[Re: gcr0003]
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01/25/18 02:09 AM
01/25/18 02:09 AM
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Posts: 31,681 Slidell, La
perchjerker
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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My first year, I was shooting a used bow. I didn't know anything. The bow fully drawn stopped behind my ear. I shot over the only deer I drew on that year. Opening day of my second year, I had a new bow and left the camp at 3 pm. I was back at 3:15 with a doe. I heard her running to the chestnuts before I got up the tree. It happened fast in 1991. I remember it like yesterday! What a rush!
Thomas Jefferson. The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Life is too short to only hunt and fish on weekends!
If being a dumbass was fatal some of you would be on your death bed!
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Re: How many deer did you miss before your first & why?
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01/25/18 03:29 AM
01/25/18 03:29 AM
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Posts: 36,184 alabama
BhamFred
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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alabama
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1965, I missed one with a bow, 10 yard shot on a six point. I "think" I shot 6 feet over his back due to terminal buck fever. Killed the next four or five I shot at w/o a miss.
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: How many deer did you miss before your first & why?
[Re: gcr0003]
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01/25/18 03:30 AM
01/25/18 03:30 AM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 4,545 Centreville AL.
sbo1971
10 point
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10 point
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Posts: 4,545
Centreville AL.
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Been bow hunting for three seasons now, first deer I missed was opening day, I was sitting in a ladder stand, rushed the shot and didnt bend t the waist. Arrow went just over his back. Ended up killing three that season which included my best deer to date, I missed two more deer; on one I had on thick gloves and torqued my bow(arrow passed only about an inch from his nose) the last one I missed was a pie bald doe I missed judged the distance so when she ducked my arrow missed her by a good foot.
Elite Omnia, Easton FMJ, Axcel Landslyde 5 pin slider.
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Re: How many deer did you miss before your first & why?
[Re: gcr0003]
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01/25/18 04:18 AM
01/25/18 04:18 AM
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Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 2,236 Danville, AL
RobertM
8 point
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8 point
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 2,236
Danville, AL
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Miss? The Rob don't miss. I don't remember exactly how many I missed before I finally contacted, but let me tell you, there was quiet a few. I missed'em for shooting the wrong yardage, hitting unseen limbs, not aiming, shooting when they were on alert, etc, etc. The thing is I learned from each and every Deer encounter I've ever had and over the years my misses have gotten fewer. Bowhunting, much like in life, don't always turn out like you planned. We all make mistakes, but we learn from them and get better. The key is to stay with it. And trust me, every bowhunter has walked in your shoes. Just stay the course and you'll be fine.
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Re: How many deer did you miss before your first & why?
[Re: gcr0003]
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01/25/18 11:46 AM
01/25/18 11:46 AM
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Posts: 6,055 AL
BamaGuitarDude
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 6,055
AL
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i missed the 2nd deer but not the first one i ever shot at ... on the 2nd one, i mis-judged the distance (on the short side) & knocked every flea off it's belly under its armpits; it jumped straight up into the air, blew & landed behind a bush, looking around like WTH?!?!? LOL i quickly reloaded, knowing the mistake i had made -- but it didn't give me a follow-up shot opportunity ... i haven't missed any since then but i don't bow hunt once boom stick season comes in ...
bow hunting is significantly more challenging - but not impossible ... know your distances, maintain your form, and go through a "routine" where you harden/calm yourself for the shot & let it flow ... try not to think about the result at all ... hope that helps; don't give up ... it's super rewarding to take a deer w/a bow ...
Last edited by BamaGuitarDude; 01/25/18 11:48 AM.
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Re: How many deer did you miss before your first & why?
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01/25/18 11:52 AM
01/25/18 11:52 AM
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Posts: 6,778 Alabama
3FFarms
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I missed a doe the within 10 minutes of being settled the very first time I sat in a stand with a bow. Believe it was 10/1/94. I shot way over her. About 5 minutes later another doe came in and I shot her for 20 yards. She was 9. I spined her and had to put another one in her. Went on a pretty good run through the mid nineties and up into about 2010 before hunting with my kids took over. Killed a bunch, missed a bunch. Nothing like having them spitting distance and trying to outwit them.
Ya'll are just overthinking it now
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Re: How many deer did you miss before your first & why?
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01/27/18 10:59 PM
01/27/18 10:59 PM
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Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 16,495 Guntersville
AC870
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 16,495
Guntersville
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First one I ever shot at was way way too far.
“Killing tomorrow’s trophies today.”
On the distance I like to walk to my stands: “The first 100 yards is also the last 100 yards.”
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