Rem308 Posted November 13, 2004 Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 Well I could only hunt a few hours this morning, but I still knew I wanted to be out there. It was a perfect morning and I was in my treestand before daylight. I was hunting a spot for the first time, and it was real thick w/ very few shooting lanes. Right at 8:00 I saw a doe coming my way down a trail and behind her I could see a small buck (turned out to be a 4 pt). He followed her to within about 20 yards and then he bedded down while she fed. Soon she was leaving, so when he stood I drew and he stepped into a shooting lane. I put the pin where I wanted and released. I heard a "THWACK!" and he jumped and took a few quick steps then stopped. My arrow had dead centered a small tree. To be honest, I must have been shaking like a leaf because I missed him pretty bad. He snuck on up the hill and didn't offer a good shot again. Neither deer spooked bad, he just wandered off, the doe never really reacted. I climbed down later and removed my arrow from the small tree. I know that you don't get that many perfect opprotunities, and I flubbed this one up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTbowman Posted November 13, 2004 Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 Re: Saturday\'s Hunt Thats hunting... Learn from it and move on bro... Good Luck!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedicast Posted November 13, 2004 Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 Re: Saturday\'s Hunt Look at it this way....Its better to have double lunged the tree, that too have made a bad hit on the deer, and maybe not recovered him. You'll get the next one. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted November 14, 2004 Report Share Posted November 14, 2004 Re: Saturday\'s Hunt I hear cambium bark tastes good this time of year ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gt2003 Posted November 14, 2004 Report Share Posted November 14, 2004 Re: Saturday\'s Hunt How does dirt taste. I had 4 deer come in this morning. I had a shot at a spike but let him walk. He was all fidgety and was running one of the does. She ran away from him, right in front of me, I was fidgety, excited, scared if I didn't hurry that I'd miss the shot. Well, I hurried too much and missed. This is better than making a bad shot and I definitely learned from the experience. Its the 1st animal I've missed with my bow but a very valuable experience. I can't rush shots! I'm going back in the morning with renewed excitement. I shot my bow tonight and its on so it had to be me. I let the deers excitment get to me. They don't bother me too bad if they are just walking along feeding but I got caught up in the moment. Like I said, I'll be back out tomorrow to see what happens. I saw around 10 deer today so they're moving pretty good. Wish me luck and patience. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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