Hunters, which mistakes have cost you game?
08-23-2003, 01:10 AM
#11
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Auburn WA.
Posts: 1,396
RE: Hunters, which mistakes have cost you game?
Paitence, paitence and more paitence is what I need, I' m just like Bare Back. I go too fast or don' t scan enough. My other big mistake was not waiting long enough after the shot and pushed a 6x4 Bull right to another party after I lunged him[:@][:@][:@][:@]
08-23-2003, 04:54 AM
#13
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Athabasca Alberta Canada
Posts: 353
RE: Hunters, which mistakes have cost you game?
FORGETTING TOILET PAPER AND HAVING TO WALK BACK TO THE TRUCK TO DO THE DEED!!!
WALKING BACK ALONG THE ROAD WHERE i STOPPED LOW AND BEHOLD BIG BUCK TRACKS[:@][:@][:@] CROSSED THE TRAIL. NOT EVEN 5 MINS LATER
WALKING BACK ALONG THE ROAD WHERE i STOPPED LOW AND BEHOLD BIG BUCK TRACKS[:@][:@][:@] CROSSED THE TRAIL. NOT EVEN 5 MINS LATER
08-23-2003, 05:36 PM
#15
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: WA, USA
Posts: 143
RE: Hunters, which mistakes have cost you game?
Ok Otis,
I have you beat! Rode horseback 26 miles into the Selway Wilderness in 94 to discover I had left a very important item in the damn truck.......................
MY RIFLE!
Cost me 3 days of hunting.
I have you beat! Rode horseback 26 miles into the Selway Wilderness in 94 to discover I had left a very important item in the damn truck.......................
MY RIFLE!
Cost me 3 days of hunting.
08-23-2003, 07:05 PM
#16
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location:
Posts: 196
RE: Hunters, which mistakes have cost you game?
A GRUNT TUBE STICKING OUT OF MY LEFT BREAST POCKET COST ME A NICE BUCK WHEN MY BOWSTRING HIT IT AFTER I RELEASED. THE BUCK WAS ONLY 10 YDS, AND THE ARROW SAILED RIGHT UNDER HIM. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I HAVE NEVER CARRIED ANYTHING LOOSE ON THE FRONT OF MY BODY FROM THEN ON.
08-23-2003, 10:53 PM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location:
Posts: 3,516
RE: Hunters, which mistakes have cost you game?
My first year of antelope hunting I set my rifle 3" high at 100 yds. when it should of been set at 2" . I shot at a buck at about 150 yds. right over his back. Good luck.
08-24-2003, 07:51 AM
#18
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Harriman NY
Posts: 45
RE: Hunters, which mistakes have cost you game?
Moving too often or too soon. Over the years I' ve had deer close by only to discover them by seeing a flag(s) just seconds after moving from my stand or blind. Generally, we try to stay at a location until past dark or at some pre-determined time. But sometimes factors like wind conditions play a role in our decision to move and that' s when you realize how close that deer was. In public hunting areas hunter movement sometimes causes us to have to move when an area get saturated.
08-24-2003, 10:50 AM
#20
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Brook, IN
Posts: 491
RE: Hunters, which mistakes have cost you game?
3rd year whitetail hunting with a slug gun, first shot opportunity, I hit a nice fat doe too far back and high. I did not wait long enough and jumped her from the death bed she ran off dragging a hind leg. Never did recover that deer
. I had the scope turned up to high for the close in shot.
. I had the scope turned up to high for the close in shot.