First shot ever...a Big miss!

[YORNOC]

Like Earl above says, a low miss is much better than a high wound!
Good for you, remember it fondly.

[kennyb]

dirtguy-
like some of the other guys stated, remember to pick a spot! good luck next time. traditional is the way to go!!
kennyb

[dirtguy]

Thanks for all the kind words.  

Even though I knew I was supposed to, just like so many of you knew without even being there, I didn't pick a spot. Its a lot harder to do when your heart is beating that fast!  

I will definitely remember the encounter and hope I see him again.

[S.C. Hunter]

Just like you said that was the most fun you have had in a long while. Sometimes you find success in a miss and it appears you did. You found it fun and exciting, that is perfect I have had a hunts that never gave a opportunity for a shot and had a great time. You will have success in making the shot. Great experience.

[J. Holden]

Can't say I missed a shot at a buck that big.  But I missed a doe, twice, same one.  Don't ask.  Yet I keep coming back for more.  Good hunting.

-Jeremy  

[imhntn]

It is good that you got close.  You are doing it right and will connect soon.  Keep after them.

[Cane Knife]

I've missed at things closer.  What a rush though right!

[SEMO_HUNTER]

Originally posted by Earl E. Nov...mber:
I'll take a clean miss over a bad hit any day and be thankful for the encounter..

+1 on that. No blood no Foul, and trust me when I say that you would be sick to your stomach for a long time to come if things had gone south on that shot.
I'll take a clean miss and keep going back for more, but a bad hit and a lost deer will haunt you forever. I've been there and it's a sad, lonely, depressing place to be. If you hunt long enough it's bound to happen sooner or later.

I haven't gotten my first shot with Trad equipment yet, but I've whacked a truck load with a wheel bow and if my first shot is at a Monster like that.......I hope my experience is at least as good as yours was. I understand completely about how easy your nerves can come unwound when you suddenly find yourself in the presence of true magnificence of such a Nobel Monarch, it's what keeps us going back every year.
Thanks for sharing.