how many times
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: WV USA
Posts: 383
how many times
did you miss if any beofre you got your first buck with a bow? i thinks ive missed five times and only shot one of those i cant beleive it i almost qit this year when i missed a monster ten pointer at ten yards not buck fever but my bow hit a limb seems like every thign i go to do messes up while bowhunting i fell down while drawing my bow one time when the bank gave out from under me!
#2
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Northeast WI
Posts: 144
RE: how many times
We all miss at one time or another.Strange things happen.Last year in Dec. I missed a deer at 12 yds.Couldn't figure out how???Then my daughter saw the poor branch bleeding with laughter that I shot instead.If bowhunting,or any hunting were easy,what fun would it be!<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Vinton VA
Posts: 2,978
RE: how many times
Oh how many I missed before I learnd how to shoot and tune a bow with broadheads!! I know the feeling but with time and practice it will all come together.
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#4
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: California
Posts: 600
RE: how many times
Nope, I didn't hunt until I was confident with the gear. I have missed a couple since, but killed a buck first season with the wheels and after taking two years off to learn to shoot the recurve, I took one first season with it too.
#5
RE: how many times
I seem to recall a few that eluded my best intended arrows,many moons ago as a 13 year old punk searching the woods for one of these "big" bucks I heard could be found somewhere in this state, I sent a few harmless arrows over the backs of unsuspecting whitetails.As mentioned, regardless of age, practice and experience will eventually give you that hard fought "first".That's what's exciting about bowhunting is how fast it can go from a slap in the face to a slap on the back.Good luck
#7
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Calvert co. Md USA
Posts: 540
RE: how many times
Dont get down on yourself Hoyt. When I first started bowhunting back in the days of the recurve I missed my first shot at a doe from 15 yards. Then later when I was using a compound I shot over the back of a big 8pt. at 20 yards. I guess I looked at the wrong sight pin. Just keep on trying and soon everything will come together.
#8
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: bradley il
Posts: 51
RE: how many times
I wouldnt get to down on yourself. I personaly have learned way more when I made a bad shot than I ever have when the shot was succsessful. When you make a bad shot you beat yourself up over it for a long time and that is what makes you make the right shot when the time comes. It has amazed me in the past when I made a shot and didnt notice a branch that was right in front of me and then after the miss you look at the shot you took and ask yuourself how could I of been so stupid. I guess that is one of the things that makes bowhunting so awsume.
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Oakland OR USA
Posts: 2,929
RE: how many times
I got the first deer I shot at ,but the first elk I shot at was 15 yards broadside and I didn,t even come close .He ran off to about 50 yards then stopped and looked back at me . I've missed others but will never forget the first one .
#10
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Beaver Falls Pa. USA
Posts: 192
RE: how many times
Hoythunter I was fortunate to harvest a spike on the very first time I went out with a bow. That was in 1981 and I didn"t kill another until 1988. Since then I 've taken only 7 others 4 does and 3 bucks. Total of 9 deer since starting in 1981. Don't get discouraged sooner or later you will connect and when you do your in for the thrill of a life time.
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