sad Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 i went hunting over the weekend and i shot a deer and i couldnt find it my dad and brother thinks i shot it in the leg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChasinTail Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Thats a sad feeling I know! I had an experience like that and found it hard to sleep at night for a few nights. You will redeem yorself though! At least you show remorse. I have seen some people that dont even care if they wound an animal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThethirdI Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 I put what I thought was the best shot of my hunting life on a buck the second week of the Ohio season, but never found it. I saw the point of impact and the arrow passed right through and into the ground. I gave it several hours before taking up the trail because I was waiting for my friend to show up to help me with the dragging. We spent the entire day looking and never found it. After the shot it ran about 30 yards stopped and started panting. I figured that was the end of the line so I turned my attention to the spot where he was standing to look for my arrow. After finding it I looked back over to see if he was down yet, but he was gone. I figured that he was just out of sight so I got down quietly and went out the other way to call my buddy and wait. We followed blood for one full mile and then it just stopped. I'll never know what happened to him and it makes me sick, because like I said... I saw the entrance wound and thought that the shot was my best ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nyhunter24 Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 i had the same thing happen last year with my first bow buck. I gut shot him, actually found him the next morning but the meat wound up goin bad. I was sick to my stomach for a week. Its a bad feeling but i guess its one of those things that happens. better luck next time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Hate to hear that sad!!! Don't take it to hard bud if you don't mess up atleast once you don't shoot enough even tho it sucks. Bud where you been? Not saw you around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearClaw Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 I made a bad hit on a doe this year, fortunately it hit the artery above the rear quarter and I watched her go about 40 yds., lie down and die within minutes. I felt really bad because I know I am a better shot than that. I'm not sure what happened but I know how I practice and what a perfectionist I can be. Those things happen I guess, like it or not. Don't get too down on yourself. You are a better shot than that too. It's just something that happens in bowhunting. Learn from it and move on. I know you'll do better next time. Let us know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Hate to hear that, but it happens. Long time ago, when I first started hunting, hit one low and forward and blew the front legs off the deer. I was following the deer in my scope and it stopped, I squeezed on it where it stopped, but think I was still slightly moving forward, which was a terrible mistake that has never happened to me and never will happen to me again. Learned a lesson that day and felt bad over it for quite some time. I did recover the deer, but had to put it down after watching it push itself off through a fence down the hill on its chest, with the front legs being dragged along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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