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Re: How many deer did you miss before your first & why?
[Re: gcr0003]
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01/27/18 11:33 PM
01/27/18 11:33 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 16,963 Madison
BowtechDan
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Posts: 16,963
Madison
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I nailed the first I shot at, at 28 yards in 1992. But since then, I have missed some alot closer. No shot is a gimme.
Nathan Carl Goff 19 Sept 2016 - 14 Jan 2017.
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Re: How many deer did you miss before your first & why?
[Re: gcr0003]
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01/28/18 01:16 AM
01/28/18 01:16 AM
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Posts: 1,644 Pine Hill, Al
sluggun
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First time I ever went bowhunting I was 16 years old,1985. I was using a Jennings bow with Easton 2117 arrows and razorback five broadheads. I went to the club by myself in my mom's vw beetle cause dad had to work. I killed a spike at 40 yards. I gut shot him but still got him. I thought " There's nothing to this bowhunting". Boy was I wrong. I didn't get another shot that year and missed several the next two seasons. It was 1988 before I killed another one with a bow but since then I have killed at least one a year. One year I killed 17 deer with a bow. 10 bucks and 7 does and missed 3 more bucks that I should have killed. Over the years I've missed a bunch and wounded a few that I never recovered. Most of the misses and poor hits were my fault whether it be buck fever or just taking shots that I shouldn't have. But you can't kill em if you don't put an arrow in the air. Stick with it you'll get one.
Team Rack Addicts 2016 Aldeer Deer Champions
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Re: How many deer did you miss before your first & why?
[Re: gcr0003]
#2387888
01/28/18 06:02 AM
01/28/18 06:02 AM
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Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 3,872 Spanish Fort
teamduckdown
10 point
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10 point
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Posts: 3,872
Spanish Fort
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Age 10... Upper Delta WMA had just opened to the public. We were hunting by boat. My first season bow hunting. Dad took me in and helped me get up a fairly large chestnut oak, surrounded by 2 other huge chestnut oaks. The deer were hammering them. About 5 minutes before it was too dark to shoot, I heard my dad, and a friend of his that was hunting with us in the distance coming my way (dragging a deer he'd killed). They were talking fairly loud but were still 200 or so yrds away. About that time, a doe and a spike came running in under the oaks from the opposite direction and started chowing down on acorns. Almost like they just had to get a few acorns down before dad and his buddy got there. I drew back and took aim on the doe...and let one fly. The arrow flew over her back and she quick hopped about 5 yards and just stood there for about 20 seconds looking around. She quickly went back to eating and I quickly knocked another arrow. I drew back and took aim again, and let her fly. It stuck about half way through her and the famous THAWAAAP rang out. She let out a little grunt and ran directly towards my dad and buddy. She had to have ran right by them. When they got there, we tracked her about 100 yards and found her. To answer your question.. I missed one deer, before killing her 30 seconds later
Last edited by teamduckdown; 01/28/18 06:05 AM.
Turkeys be damned.
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Re: How many deer did you miss before your first & why?
[Re: gcr0003]
#2389161
01/29/18 05:51 AM
01/29/18 05:51 AM
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Jus_me
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I went the first few years without missing one-I credit this to using a pendulum sight and not shooting past 30 yards. I "lost" one of the biggest bucks I've shot with a bow or gun. By lost I mean I stuck him late one evening-on public land- and went back the next day to track, only to find that someone else had already tracked and drug my deer out for me. I quit hunting for 15 or so years, since getting back into I've missed a doe over the back-sitting down-, shot between a spikes legs-sitting down, stuck a real nice buck that crossed the property line-the owner of the property it crossed onto doesn't allow you to track ontp his land, attempted a shot wayyy to late only to watch my arrow hit a limb and head off into the abyss.I normally air on the side of caution, try to keep within my limitations and don't force shots. Still doing all that I'm by no means perfect or anywhere close to it.
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Re: How many deer did you miss before your first & why?
[Re: crocker]
#2389222
01/29/18 08:14 AM
01/29/18 08:14 AM
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Posts: 2,277 Alabama
gcr0003
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8 point
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Alabama
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Nothing like walking up on an arrow stuck in the ground that's clean as a whistle. It hurts the soul haha
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Re: How many deer did you miss before your first & why?
[Re: gcr0003]
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01/30/18 09:20 AM
01/30/18 09:20 AM
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Posts: 2,644 Arab/Stevenson AL
Recurve
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3 and none of them were my fault...
I hope we have once again reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There�s a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: as government expands, liberty contracts. � Ronald Reagan
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Re: How many deer did you miss before your first & why?
[Re: gcr0003]
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01/30/18 10:53 AM
01/30/18 10:53 AM
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Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 21,445 HSV AL
jmudler
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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HSV AL
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I missed my 1st doe at 40 yards. I do not know deer can jump the string. Sailed right over her. My 2nd miss was because my bolt was not seated correctly. The bolt went maybe 2-3yds and stuck in the ground
Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
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Re: How many deer did you miss before your first & why?
[Re: gcr0003]
#2391431
01/30/18 06:29 PM
01/30/18 06:29 PM
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,097 Birmingham, AL
Wade
10 point
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10 point
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In 1982 I bought a Bear Whitetail II from the Army Barn. Learned to shoot it with pins at a hay bale. I climbed a cedar tree and straddled a limb that fall. Had a couple deer come down the trail and I was so nervous the end of the limb I was standing on was shaking so bad the deer saw it. Got a shot off and dead centered a sapling by the lead doe. Looked to my right and a spike was standing 10 yards away looking at me. Never saw him earlier because he came thru pines to get there. I've killed truck loads of deer since with a bow but fast forward to this year and I missed the first deer I shot at. Nervous doe in a greenfield so I aim at the hairline on her belly thinking she will crouch when I release. Nope, cut hair but no blood. I've done this more times than I would like to admit but aiming low has helped just as much as it has hurt. Like Shaw said earlier, if you claim to not have boogered up some deer and made some bad shots then you are lying. The good thing is that you learn to be a really good tracker if you shoot like I do. The best improvement I ever made was going to a pendulum sight. My problem is that I was missing deer under 20 yards consistently. I can usually hit any leaf out there now from 3-35 yards. Problem now days is that there is usually multiple deer on a field and getting drawn is the hard part. Heck, the shot is easy once you get anchored.
Don't give up, don't ever give up!
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Re: How many deer did you miss before your first & why?
[Re: SuperSpike]
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02/03/18 01:13 AM
02/03/18 01:13 AM
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Posts: 2,277 Alabama
gcr0003
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I needed this thread back in October. Ive missed 3 so far with 2 being this year, back to back days. 1 being 14yds. I just cant settle myself down enough. 1st deer this year jumped the string. Shot was there but she just ducked it. 2nd, she was so close i felt like i could reach out and touch her and i sailed it. Had the shot been there she wouldn't have time to duck. Hunting with a gun this evening but the last few hunts i have left will be with a bow. Starting in the morning. Hail mary hunts i guess. The third being the charm is a lie. I too will be hail marrying this last week.
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Re: How many deer did you miss before your first & why?
[Re: gcr0003]
#2395731
02/03/18 09:25 AM
02/03/18 09:25 AM
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Posts: 109 Huntsville, AL.
PoohBear
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Hey buddy, at least you're seeing deer and having the opportunities to shoot!! Wish I could say that! I can honestly count on one hand the number of deer I've seen in the woods in the past 4 seasons!! Still green as he'll learning how to hunt public land.
Started bow hunting in 2007. First year and first shot opportunity I shot over her back at 18 yards. Saw all three pins in her vitals and released. HA!
Next year was at full draw on a doe at 15 yards who was starring straight at me! Busted me drawing. I did not shoot!! Wish I would have now. Some say I did the right thing, others not.
2009, first kill at 18 yards, doe. Next year, second kill at 21 yards, doe. I have not killed a deer now in 7 years!
I've had three opportunities to shoot at a deer that I didn't attempt for various reasons. Then I've had probably three more opportunities where I could have shot at or killed a deer but couldn't because of club rules. All small bucks.
Started hunting public land in 2014. IT SUCKS......or either I suck at deer hunting!!! LOL
So stay at it! Hell, I just love being in the woods. Eventually, hopefully, I will get another opportunity.
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Re: How many deer did you miss before your first & why?
[Re: gcr0003]
#2396367
02/03/18 11:47 PM
02/03/18 11:47 PM
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Posts: 7,522 Boaz,AL
CarbonClimber1
14 point
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14 point
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Dont remember now but i think i missed 4 3 times apiece. One of which times i climbed down and shot a 4th and 5th tim after i walked over and picked up my arrows. It was a 3 pt and probly the dumbest deer ive ever seen...id shoot an hed run in a circle an start blowin at me. When i climbed down he just started blowin an pitchin a hissy fit an goin nuts but he stayed bout 25 yards away or closer. I was 9 or 10 at the time an shooting a jennings micro light. All good memories
"I dont quit.. And ill fight alone if i have to"
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Re: How many deer did you miss before your first & why?
[Re: gcr0003]
#2414753
02/21/18 07:12 PM
02/21/18 07:12 PM
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Posts: 1,756 Hoover
mcfack
8 point
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8 point
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Posts: 1,756
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Oh Lord. I bow hunted for 6 yrs before getting my first. Missed several and stuck several in the shoulder with minimal penetration. Took 3 bows before I felt comfortable but the real change was I quit aiming right at my perfect spot near the shoulder. Once I started aiming a little low for a double lung shot I started dropping them. I feel more comfy now at a 20 yd shot with my bow than I do with any rifle.
Last edited by mcfack; 02/21/18 07:12 PM.
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