RyanH Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: How many deer have you MISSED w/ your bow? I missed a Total of 6 deer before I even got one! Then i missed one this year! so my total is 7! Tryin to get the 1st one killed me! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KSNimrod Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: How many deer have you MISSED w/ your bow? First deer I ever shot at was a big doe. She had run into the corner of the woods I was hunting where it opens up into an alfalfa field. Just as I released another doe ran up from behind her and they both took off into the field. I ended up taking off about 4 inches of her tail! After the hunt my uncle told me "You know, we're hunting whitetails, but you can shoot the rest of the deer too!" It's funnier now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 3006 Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: How many deer have you MISSED w/ your bow? GETTING MY FIRST ONE WAS ABATTLE , BUT ONCE I DID I HAVE ONLY MISSED 3 AND 2 OF THEM WERE THIS YEAR @ 40 YARDS PLUS. I WAS TRYING TO TEST MY SKILLS AT A LONGER RANE ( 40 PLUS ). BUT I HAVE ALSO NEVER WOUNDED A DEER WITH MY BOW . NOCK ON WOOD. I HAVE KILLED OVER 25 DEER WITH MY BOW. GONNA TRY TO GET MY FIRST TURKEY THIS YEAR. COME ON OPENING DAY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: How many deer have you MISSED w/ your bow? I missed 5 before i got my first one.Then last year i missed about a 130" 8 pointer.So my total is 6 with the bow.I only bagged 3 so far.Hopefully i'll improve that pecentage next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: How many deer have you MISSED w/ your bow? [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] This year? Or all time? I missed 3 this past year alone. All in all, probably, hmmmmmm, less than 10 I'd say. I tend to block them out of memory, lol. [/ QUOTE ] Wow.....I would get a handful of rock if I were you.....have a better chance of hitting something. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, that's kinda' funny Ryan, but not really. So, where you getting your next paper proofread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckbuster11 Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: How many deer have you MISSED w/ your bow? I've only missed one cleanly. I sent one clagging off branches years ago. I have hit a few...I'm thinking 3 to be exact...that I have hit and not found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: How many deer have you MISSED w/ your bow? This past season was my first with a compound, I ened up tagging 3 does, but I missed a nice 8-pointer up opening day, an hour after I was in my stand. So one hour into my bow hunting career I missed a nice buck, good way to learn huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvDog Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: How many deer have you MISSED w/ your bow? I've only missed one...but then again I've only actually shot at two total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Squirrelbuster Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: How many deer have you MISSED w/ your bow? I have only missed once. Sounds good, but the problem is I have only shot once at a deer with my bow. That was last season [October 2004] (only been bow hunting for two years). Similar to you huntin'sonovagun, I greatly miss judged the distance, but the arrow fell to short of the target. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: How many deer have you MISSED w/ your bow? ZERO!!! Never hunted with it yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camelNS Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: How many deer have you MISSED w/ your bow? I have shot at 4 deer with my bow and killed two.The other two,one was hit smack on the shoulder and I didn't get any penetration at all.I snuck up on that deer later in rifle season but he busted me before I could get a shot.The other one I just grazed the bottom of his chest.That deer was shot three weeks later by my hunting partner during rifle season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
too_pointer Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: How many deer have you MISSED w/ your bow? Ya, I"ve missed a few in my day. Probably will miss more before I'm done LOL too_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: How many deer have you MISSED w/ your bow? i havent missed any so far with my new bow .. i had a good string going until last year.. i had shot 12 or 13 straight with no misses and then last year i missed 4... it happens even to us target shooters.. this next season will be the first for the Ultratec .. im sure its ready for its first kill... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bowhunter2114 Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: How many deer have you MISSED w/ your bow? [ QUOTE ] None..........cause I've never taken a shot at a deer with my bow. sad isn't it. [/ QUOTE ] Not as sad as rushing and missing like I do.... I am taking my time this year. I got 3 my first year bow hunting which was 2 years ago. This past year I missed quite a few Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Re: How many deer have you MISSED w/ your bow? Actually, this thread leaves me a bit uneasy. We had a topic similar to this one on another forum in which I participate except the topic asked people about how many deer they had wounded without retrieving. Within a short time, the replies started looking like a poll being taken by peta as material for one of their ads. Thankfully, after a lot of heated debate, that subject quickly died a welcomed death. Now, you guys know that I am for discussing just about anything under the sun, but a listing that shows just how many deer get shot at and missed or wounded, really serves no purpose in terms of education or helping any archers out. however, given the recent declaration of war on bowhunting by the antis, I really have to wonder about the wisdom of this kind of thread. Maybe I'm getting a bit too paranoid, but I would really like to make the anti-hunters find this kind of data on their own rather than having us supplying it to them. Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 Re: How many deer have you MISSED w/ your bow? I honestly haven't kept up with the number of misses or the number of kills. I never have kept up with cumulative numbers of anything with my hunting. I just don't consider my bowhunting or any kind of hunting a numbers game. I can tell you I killed 4 deer and 0 misses while bowhunting this year. Over the years there's a lot more kills than misses. Our bag limits are generous (especially for does) and they've fluctuated up and down over the years. It used to be 5 bucks and now it's 3. Doe bag limits have ranged from 3 to 7 and we used to get extra doe tags under the DMAP program too. We used to hammer the does during bow season to improve the buck/doe ratio. We don't need to anymore. Also, there's just too many years of bowhunting behind me now. I do recall that almost all my misses were clean misses. Deer that didn't duck, deer that did duck when I intentially aimed low anticipating them ducking, deer that made the turn to skidaddle before the arrow arrived, deer that I misjudged the yardage on, arrows deflecting off limbs or twigs, and deer I just flat out missed because I choked. Bowhunt where you have some liberal bag limits for over 30 years and then try to remember all the kills and misses. If you can, you're a lot better than me about keeping up with numbers for both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaTechHunter Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 Re: How many deer have you MISSED w/ your bow? Last year was my first year bowhunting and I was lucky enough not to miss, shot a doe at 25 yards, but I am sure I will have plenty of misses to come... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switchback29A1 Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 Re: How many deer have you MISSED w/ your bow? Ive missed one on opening morning this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illinoisbowhunter Posted March 12, 2005 Report Share Posted March 12, 2005 Re: How many deer have you MISSED w/ your bow? This last year was the first year I didnt recover one. It was an 8 pt I hit at 30yds but hit him too far back and never found him back. Plenty of blood for the first quarter but it slowly tapered off. A buddy of mine got it all on film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted March 12, 2005 Report Share Posted March 12, 2005 Re: How many deer have you MISSED w/ your bow? I've missed several deer, but a couple did get a good haircut!! close but the lived to tell the story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longislandhunter Posted March 13, 2005 Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 Re: How many deer have you MISSED w/ your bow? I've missed more deer than I'd like to admit to over the years, some of them pretty darn close distance wise too, but even the misses create wonderful memories in the woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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