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Post by Woody Williams on Jul 31, 2013 19:28:03 GMT -5
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Post by HuntMeister on Jul 31, 2013 19:48:03 GMT -5
Yep, guilty of no rest and getting in a hurry more than once. Missed a really nice for Colorado Bull Elk getting in a hurry.  |
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Post by dbd870 on Aug 1, 2013 4:35:03 GMT -5
Missed some, like; use wrong pin on bow & hit limb. Add dropping bow arm to peek.
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Post by featherduster on Aug 1, 2013 5:30:33 GMT -5
Except for the empty gun I have done them all.
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Post by elmo on Aug 1, 2013 5:53:19 GMT -5
Yep, Second day of a park hunt last year I found that I hadn't chambered a round and couldn't fire. I had shot a deer the day before and only loaded 4 on the second day and just didn't rack one in. Also did the in a hurry thing last year on the biggest buck that I have ever seen alive.
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Post by Genesis 27:3 on Aug 1, 2013 7:12:08 GMT -5
I have yanked the trigger and shot before I was ready. And does it count as not aiming when you put the first deer you have ever shot at in the scope, cross hairs set and eyes closed so tight the lids almost curl backwards? I did aim at some point but that may have changed when I closed my eyes! LOL! I pulled the trigger and the doe was still there just looking at me and laughing at my rookie mistake! Dropped her on the 2nd shot though! (eyes were open that time)
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Post by onhopr12 on Aug 1, 2013 16:04:22 GMT -5
How about adding a few more reasons. Bump the scope or pins prior, something got loose, misjudging yardage, deer fever, with factory ammo the possibility of lot differences, not seeing a twig or branch, if in certain types of blinds and using a scope the possibility of hitting the blind with the bullet while the crosshairs are on the target (1 1/2" lower), sun, thick gloves, stubbed the toe (lol), to long of pull in cold weather while wearing heavier clothes, inexperience in hits or sign at shot or tracking to know if it was a hit along with possible wrong ammo for the situation, jump the string, target movement at the shot, out of range, plus a bunch more but as deer stories go that would take GB's of storage.
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Post by Sasquatch on Aug 1, 2013 16:53:15 GMT -5
I am proficient in most of these methods!
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Post by HuntMeister on Aug 1, 2013 21:21:31 GMT -5
Not sure how this one fits into the ways to miss equation...maybe another got in a hurry and didn't confirm a clear shot? This is one of my prized trophies, killed this sapling back about 1980 while attempting to stick a Doe, what would have been my first deer btw, at about 20 yards. I never saw the tree. A very dear friend, now deceased, who was with me when I killed the tree went back with his chainsaw to retrieve my trophy. I don't think I could get it any more dead center of the tree!  Wasn't too funny at the time but I sure get a good chuckle everytime I think about it now.  |
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Post by Sasquatch on Aug 1, 2013 21:38:38 GMT -5
Not sure how this one fits into the ways to miss equation...maybe another got in a hurry and didn't confirm a clear shot? This is one of my prized trophies, killed this sapling back about 1980 while attempting to stick a Doe, what would have been my first deer btw, at about 20 yards. I never saw the tree. A very dear friend, now deceased, who was with me when I killed the tree went back with his chainsaw to retrieve my trophy. I don't think I could get it any more dead center of the tree! Wasn't too funny at the time but I sure get a good chuckle everytime I think about it now. I did the exact same thing. Is that an old Wasp? |
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Aug 2, 2013 5:44:01 GMT -5
I have experienced #2, #3, #4, #8, #9, & #10. Especially #10 in my early years trying to score my first nice buck. Hyper-ventilating caused me to miss some big old rascals the first few years of deer hunting with my bow & shotgun.
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Post by HuntMeister on Aug 2, 2013 6:06:34 GMT -5
Yep, a good ole Wasp broad head.
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Post by dbd870 on Aug 2, 2013 6:25:06 GMT -5
Not sure how this one fits into the ways to miss equation...maybe another got in a hurry and didn't confirm a clear shot? This is one of my prized trophies, killed this sapling back about 1980 while attempting to stick a Doe, what would have been my first deer btw, at about 20 yards. I never saw the tree. A very dear friend, now deceased, who was with me when I killed the tree went back with his chainsaw to retrieve my trophy. I don't think I could get it any more dead center of the tree! Wasn't too funny at the time but I sure get a good chuckle everytime I think about it now. Pretty good penetration though! |
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Post by squirrelhunter on Aug 3, 2013 6:28:10 GMT -5
Without a rest and possibly with an empty gun,not sure on that one,I know I done it squirrel hunting though  and once not aiming,don't really want to get into details . I missed several deer with a bow before I scored though.Mostly they jumped and it went under them. |
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Post by omegahunter on Aug 5, 2013 9:26:22 GMT -5
I had the gun go "click" before a few years back. It wasn't the gun's fault and there was a round in it, but the primer turned out to be a dud. It was in a HandiRifle and I was lucky enough that the buck just looked around while I cracked the H&R opend and exchanged the dud for a good round. I then drilled the 8 pointer through the heart and he was in my avitar for a while with the H&R laid across him.
BTW- Is it really a miss if you don't shoot? If it is, then I have missed a bunch of deer by practice aiming at them with bow and gun.
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Wasn't too funny at the time but I sure get a good chuckle everytime I think about it now.
and once not aiming,don't really want to get into details 