2015 Regrets?

[VA Elite]

Whip LOL!!!!!! That is priceless dude.

[ChuckC]

Regrets ?   Not really.  I spent a very lot of time working on ( and finishing) my "retirement" shop in the back yard.  

That caused me to miss much of the last two seasons.  I still got to go, though not as much as I would have wished.  

But..I now have a man cave that I spend a ton of time in  AND I will start going hunting again with the change of seasons.

Hope 2016 is a good year to all of us.

CHuckC

[slowbowjoe]

Three separate injuries last year, each meaning a layoff from shooting. Last one happened a week before season opened (would only have been my second season).
Just trying to get dialed back in now; short days making it a slow process.
Relying on patience and faith, meanwhile.

[Orion]

Not many deer in the neck of the woods I hunt. I regret that I m-i-s-s-e-d the only buck I got a shot at in 20 consecutive days of hunting.  On the other hand, I'm very grateful that I got to hunt that much.

[Nantahala Nut]

I regret spending so much time on a property that was just not very huntable. It had a nice food plot the state put in and I thought it offered my best chance. Best deer numbers in the area but they didnt move through it til after dark. Only access was from the field so I couldnt get past them in the morning. On the plus side it was a learning experience and I found a good flock of turkeys to hunt this spring.

I did move on to a spot in the real big woods and started seeing deer during the daylight.  Theres a big old buck in there and I already got my spot picked out for 2016.

[bear bowman]

I regret that I missed two deer this year but I'm grateful I didn't wound either. I spent way too much time on a piece of private ground that I ended up losing when I left my last job.
That being said, my new job puts me only minutes away from my public hunting area. This year is going to bring so much opportunity. When one door closes, another opens

[Tradcat]

posted January 12, 2016 08:19 PM                      
Leaving the hunting fields too early.

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.... X2 on what Zagaya said !!!

[Homey88]

Over hunted one stand.

[Mike Mecredy]

I regret moving to Nevada

[Littlejake]

No having my grunt tube out of my day pack.

[Danny Rowan]

None at all

[VA Elite]

Mike where you before NV?

[Basinboy]

My biggest regret is letting this buck walk by twice in the same day at 14 yards then at 6 yards.......what was I thinking lol

 
 

[Kingstaken]

Corey - Were you waiting for a bigger deer?    

[VA Elite]

Originally posted by Basinboy:
My biggest regret is letting this buck walk by twice in the same day at 14 yards then at 6 yards.......what was I thinking lol

   
     

WOW....I have no clue what you were thinking....

[Basinboy]

Originally posted by Kingstaken:
Corey - Were you waiting for a bigger deer?        

I was telling myself "You can't kill a Giant by shooting the good bucks"  I had pics of one in the 165-170 class range and was hoping he would show up......
But I got him "on video" both times  
Click to watch below
 

[bucknut]

My regret is rushing a shot and wounding a buck that was going to give a better shot. Got overconfident in my shooting and pushed it. 8 yards Quartering to me and hit it right on the point of the shoulder. 2" penetration broke off at back of BH. Made me sick and really took me out of the game for the rest of the season.

[BigErn]

I was turned around backwards in my ladder stand,watching some deer behind me,had what would have been my biggest buck ( a big heavy long tined 8 pt.)with a bow come in front of my stand at
about 5 yards. I couldn't move,he was looking at the same deer I was,when I finally got a shot at him,he was about 17-18 yards,I shot right under him.If I would have been turned the right way,probably we be a dead deer.
                           Ernie

[Jake Scott]

After getting my first trad deer last year, I came into this season very confident.  Over confident, even.  Like the deer woods have a way of doing, they brought me down a peg or two this year.  During the long fall off of my high horse, I learned a lot.  I don't regret any of it, and honestly it just fuels the flames of my obsession for bowhunting.

Jake

[vintage-bears]

I didn't pick a spot!

Up early, Great wind for my stand and approach, rutting activity extreme, great tall tined 7 point buck came right to my grunt call, walked right in my shooting lane at a distance in which I'm typically very deadly with a bow and didn't pick a spot!


Need I say more.......  

Other than no venison, I had an amazing season in these New York mountains! Looking forward to next season.