Rhino Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 This pertains to slugs and bullets too Andrea. Don't tell me you're on the sinking ship with Tom and Alan. Nope Andrea just sees the light too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted January 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Nope Andrea just sees the light too. LMAO--OK, gotcha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 If you pay an outfitter to hunt and you draw blood...most cases you still pay and are done hunting. Guessing they wouldn't charge you and force you to stop hunting if it were a "miss". Actually in most cases you don't pay. At least with the outfitters I've hunted with in the past. I agree that there are some out there that do but there are more out there that don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 LMAO--OK, gotcha. Does that statement also apply to my post on page 6? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyman Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Many years ago I took a snap shot (with a rifle) at close range on a running buck. Hit him in the head and killed that sucker dead as a hammer. Only problem is, I was aiming for the shoulder! Guess I missed, but that missed buck sure was tasty. I killed my first Buck the same exact way, only with a slug gun! I refer to these as "lucky misses"! :rolleyes: As to the original question, it is poor shot placement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted January 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Does that statement also apply to my post on page 6? :D Ummm, sure. What did you say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdhunter39 Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 i"m not a deer hunter i"m a bird and small game hunter . the way i"m seeing this is : i"m mad i"m seeing all these dead deer on my property i would like to find that person and give them a piece of my mind . or are those the deer you missed during the season ?? and if those aren"t the deer you missed or someone else missed you might have poachers on the property . i think i"ve read in here a time or two about dead animals on someones property . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michiganbowhunter_SQ2 Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 i"m not a deer hunter i"m a bird and small game hunter . the way i"m seeing this is : i"m mad i"m seeing all these dead deer on my property i would like to find that person and give them a piece of my mind . or are those the deer you missed during the season ?? and if those aren"t the deer you missed or someone else missed you might have poachers on the property . i think i"ve read in here a time or two about dead animals on someones property . Huh?? :confused: See what you started Chris...you should be proud :D:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will_in_cky25 Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 if the deer goes more than 100yds i made a crappy shot, so if i don't recover the deer (which has only happened once thank god) i would chalk that one up as a miss. but what if you recover the deer like maybe three weeks later during gun season? but thats another story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambo Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 What if you hit a deer and don't recover it. Calling it a missed shot. But you find it that spring while shed hunting? Do you call it a hit and then get your shirt tail back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 What if you hit a deer and don't recover it. Calling it a missed shot. But you find it that spring while shed hunting? Do you call it a hit and then get your shirt tail back? Shirt tail cutting rules down here give you through the next day to recover your deer. No recovery after that time expires cost you a shirt tail. Counts as a miss regardless of if you find a decomposed deer in the future. After all, let that much time expire and who's to say the deer you found in the spring is the one you winged. Also...if you filled all your tags during the season and found that deer you're talking about in the spring, did you break the law by exceeding your bag limit? I don't think so. BTW, over the years I've killed deer with broadheads in their back and legs that were doing fine at the time. Deer have a much greater ability to recover from a poorly placed shot than some of you give them credit for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted January 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 Deer have a much greater ability to recover from a poorly placed shot than some of you give them credit for. Hmmm, sounds like another poll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckbuster11 Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 So, lets say somebody breaks into your house. You go to to confront him, he says he's going to kill you and he pulls out a pistol and shoots you in the leg. Did he hit you or miss you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 Hmmm, sounds like another poll. Oh No!!! Not Again!!! OK I'll take it back if you don't post another poll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted January 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 Oh No!!! Not Again!!! OK I'll take it back if you don't post another poll. Deal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 So, lets say somebody breaks into your house. You go to to confront him, he says he's going to kill you and he pulls out a pistol and shoots you in the leg. Did he hit you or miss you? In that case the legal bag limit is zero so that counts as a hit for braggin rights. :p:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkoholic Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 I doubt that anyone on here, whether shooting a firearm or a bow, can consistently hit the exact spot they are aiming at. If your hunting implement of choice is properly sighted in to hit point of aim (technically impossible unless sighted in by a machine in a vacuum) you should always hit exactly where you aimed.....NOT! That is the difference between accurate, and, precise. Not bringing home what you "hit" does not make it a "miss". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M00N Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 I consider it a bad hit not a miss. A miss to me is if you don't hit the deer at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearClaw Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 If you shoot and wound the deer other than where you aimed, it's a hit, it's actually a bad hit (we've all done it!) but it's still a hit because you 'hit' the deer. A miss is what it is, a miss because you 'missed' hitting the deer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest turkeynutz64 Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 I shot a buck this past season, drilled the arrow in the upper right side! It was a almost straight down shot! I was using one of them new broadheads that came out last year and didnt pass through! buried 2/3s of my arrow into his chest! He bolted and blew blood out his side for all of 50 yards right to where my arrow layed! With lung twisted in the head! 80 acres and 6 hours combing the woods, no deer! I say fatten the yotes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washi Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 I know a guy that shot a deer in the back of the head with his bow on purpose. It was all he could see. He hit where he was aiming but the deer was still not found. He HIT where he was aiming but didn't recover the deer. You call that a miss? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 I know a guy that shot a deer in the back of the head with his bow on purpose. It was all he could see. He hit where he was aiming but the deer was still not found. He HIT where he was aiming but didn't recover the deer. You call that a miss? No, just stupid.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted January 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 No, just stupid.... Ditto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Think Tom and Al are really just bored and been yanking our chains and messing with Chris through this. Everyone knows if you miss a deer it will not result in a dead deer:rolleyes:. Think elkoholic put it very well with his explanation. I doubt that anyone on here, whether shooting a firearm or a bow, can consistently hit the exact spot they are aiming at. If your hunting implement of choice is properly sighted in to hit point of aim (technically impossible unless sighted in by a machine in a vacuum) you should always hit exactly where you aimed.....NOT! That is the difference between accurate, and, precise. Not bringing home what you "hit" does not make it a "miss". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Poll numbers are 48 to 14 that its a hit...guess we can exlplain it how we want to hear it...but 77% think its a hit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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