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I thought this would be a simple question to answer, and thought I would know what the answer would be until I started thinking about it. The question is do you miss game often...but, I consider most trad hunters to be very ethical and unwilling to take shots they are not comfortable with. If that is the case, then I would think a miss may not be as common as I am thinking as compared to say a wheelie bow shooter. I apologize if I am over-complicating this. Ken
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Answering this can be very humbling for some. I have missed a few. I would rather miss than wound. I have done both. In fact about 4 years ago I shot 4 deer that I could not find. That was very discouraging and I had a hard time accepting it. I stopped hunting and worked on my shooting until I felt confident to go back to the woods. Since then I have put heart shots on every deer except one.
What had me so worked up was at the time, I had total confidence in my hunting set up, stand placement, shot selection, ect. But when I released the arrow it was not going where I was looking.
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Yup... I miss them from the end of January until mid September when the seasons open back up! Heh! Sorry, I couldn't resist.
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If u count blown stalks I miss them all the time but if I get the chance to drop the string on a med or large game a miss is very rare Jim
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I missed now and then back in the day, but hasn't happened in a number of years. Not that it isn't possible I guess.
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0 for 5 on deer. All shots were slam dunks at less than 15 yards. Buck fever or something. The deer never moved. I just flat out shot poorly.
I am 4 for 5 on groundhogs. One at 32 yards!
1 for 1 on bears. 9 yards.
0 for 10 or better on squirrels. 5-20 yards.
It doesn't even make sense. I can shoot a groundhog at 32 yards and miss a deer at 10. I need to figure that one out. Posts: 2916 | From: Galion, Ohio | Registered: Aug 2006
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Nope, but I take short shots. I've said it before and I'll say it again; you have to be almost cocky in your shooting ability when shooting at live animals. No doubts whatsoever that you are going to make the shot, or don't take the shot..that's what works for me.
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The first 33 years I bowhunted, I killed every deer I shot at. The last 10 years is about 50%. I was thinking of quitting, but with health issues and long hrs. at work, believe that to be the reason. Now that I'm retired, I hope to get back to being better. Hap
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