Well? How was your shooting this year?

[Bruce Martin]

I shot well but in the middle of the season I realized my arrow setup was on the weak side,not shooting enough gpp. After getting that in gear and really concentrating on slowing down the shot it's been great. I did make the classic error on a nice buck that I was confident I was going to kill. As someone said,I was already thinking about the drag out. Right before the shot I looked at his headgear.... and that's right where the arrow went! He was p***ed and I just had to laugh as the deer blew and snorted after running into the thick stuff. Really just need to keep it simple and keep looking at the spot you want to hit. Why does that become hard once a nice buck shows up? But the excitement is why I love it.

[sweeney3]

One shot, one kill (clean and quick) on deer.  Got something more like a bad baseball average on squirrel though.  Hitting about .215 or so there.  No lost ones though.  They either got away scott-free or stayed right there.  I'll take either one.

And 0 for 1 on duck.

[stumpsniper]

At targets my shooting is better then it's ever been before, unfortunately at deer I still suck!  One of these days I'll keep it together when the deer get in front of me.

[koger]

I had shoulder surgery March 31,started back shooting on June 20, quickest I could with extensive surgery. I had reviewed what I thought I was doing wrong/right while recuperating, and even though I couldnt shoot went to several shoots and took notes. I have shot for over 30 years, but changed several things. I went from split finger to  3 under, from a glove to a tab. While rehabing I started with #37, then #40 and worked my way up to #50 before season. I also have been coaching 4H this year and slowed down when shooting myself, worked on a solid anchor and pull through, and felt that I was shooting the best I had ever shot in my life, including compounds. I have taken 3 deer with 3 shots, 28, 30 and 35 yds, not that it matters when hunting, I shoot instinctive, jsut stepped them off to see. I also took 4  fall turkeys with 5 shots, missed one. I missed 2 rabbits, hit none. I felt pretty good going into season, felt even better after most of our season is over, still have one tag left, deer season closes mid janurary. I have been very satisfied with my shooting/hunting so far this year.

[Wary Buck]

I started on a roll and kind of had the infallible feeling where you just know something wanders into range and it is dead.  And that's how I started:  five arrows, five dead deer.  

I have had a couple low misses here toward the end that I attribute to either too many layers of clothes or too little practice late in the year (probably the latter).  Daylight hours are less and my time shorter, and I have a tendency to practice less late in the season unless I really carve out time to do so.  And I have consciously shrunk my shooting distance here as our season winds down because of that.

[Zipperhead]

Two arrows.  1 doe 1 buck.  Ain't trad. bowhunting great.

[Wiley Coyote]

Not Good!!! Four shots at three deer. Three high misses and one high hit over the lungs. Back to the drawing board. I am switching from wood to aluminum arrows. More consistancy from arrow to arrow. I have an antelope hunt booked for next summer and I don't want to screw up any opportunity I might get. Lots of practice. Quality instead of quantity.      

[Bahrzoo]

One arrow shot and one deer dead.

[thunder1]

Shooting was good two for two. The first just under 20 yards and the other about 34 yards.

[Onestringer]

My shooting was better than normal this year.  I went 7 for 8 so far.  Missed for the first time Saturday evening.

Scott

[Charles K.]

2 shots....1 buck, 1 miss

[BigStriper]

2 Shot's in 2 Day's 2 Nice Does with the Same Arrow,15 and 20 Yards,

Kurt

[LKH]

Missed another antelope, bull elk, and a bou.  Had fun except for the cold weather during MT archery.

[Boone the Hunter]

doing pretty good this year. Started a little rough I missed two really good bucks in october, but redeemed myself making good shots on two nice bucks in november. The late season has been a blast, filling the freezer with four doe's three of the shots were great and one okay (liver) So in all I'm happy with my year 6-2 and am looking forward to improving a little more next season.

[IndianaBowman]

I think it was fairly good! I was shooting a new takedown TimberHawk longbow most of the year.

1 arrow = 1 alligator
2 arrows = 2 turkeys
5 arrows = 3 rabbits
4 arrows = 3 deer (the deer I didn't get was because a yearling was trying to pull me out of my treestand while I was shooting, hit her high and saw her later - she's fine)
Lots of Arrows = ?? carp (probably 75% hit rate)

[Stripstrike1]

One buck (9 point) one doe and one Gobbler.  Shot over a large bobcat and missed one piggie.  Plan to put a hurtin on the piggies in '10 so I am keeping them sharp.  Hope everyone has a wonderful 2010.  

WADE

[pdk25]

Worse than most that have posted here.  I missed a shot at a hog early summer. Shot 5 squirrels with maybe 8 or 9 shots.  1 for 1 on a rabbit.  3 for 6 on deer.  Shot over a deer when it ducked the string.  Had an alert deer real close, and I got to thinking about those Texas deer.  Arrow went under the deer right where I aimed, but the deer didn't move.  Bottom limb clipped a tree on the last miss.  Missed the deer by a few yards, the bow came out of my hands and fell 20 feet to the ground, bouncing off of trees as it went.  The other 3 shots on deer were relatively short blood trails and decent shots.  Hopefully I'll have a better year next year.