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Author Topic: Missing the chip shot CLUB  (Read 509 times)

Offline BRITTMAN

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Missing the chip shot CLUB
« on: October 22, 2011, 09:37:00 PM »
Misssed a 11 yard chip shot this evening on a nice little 8 ponit buck , shot over his back . Ive shot alot of deer big and small at all diffrent yardage but sometime the chip shots the one that gets us . Just woundering how many of yall have missed the chip shot .
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Re: Missing the chip shot CLUB
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2011, 09:40:00 PM »
From a ground blind 2 years ago...7 yards on a 140+ 8 point...was lookin at the deer not the spot.
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Offline Big Ed

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Re: Missing the chip shot CLUB
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2011, 09:43:00 PM »
Miss a chip shot last year, I believe the over confidence didn't allow me to pick a spot. It happens to everyone sooner or later. Clean miss is easier to forget than a poor shot.
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Offline kuch

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Re: Missing the chip shot CLUB
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2011, 09:46:00 PM »
Even Ty Cobb and Mickey Mantle struck out once in a while. It happens ....makes you think there are NO chip shots with trad.
Why I keep saying " this is hard to do, no matter how many you have killed or how long you've hunted" ....of course I've missed "chip" shots..2,4, 10 yards....
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Offline kuch

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Re: Missing the chip shot CLUB
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2011, 09:47:00 PM »
Even Ty Cobb and Mickey Mantle struck out once in a while. It happens ....makes you think there are NO chip shots with trad.
Why I keep saying " this is hard to do, no matter how many you have killed or how long you've hunted" ....of course I've missed "chip" shots..2,4, 10 yards....
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Offline kuch

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Re: Missing the chip shot CLUB
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2011, 09:48:00 PM »
makes me repeat myself and stutter when I miss
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Offline Warren Cowen

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Re: Missing the chip shot CLUB
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2011, 09:49:00 PM »
I know the pain. Happened to me Friday.
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Offline Bud B.

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Re: Missing the chip shot CLUB
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2011, 09:59:00 PM »
3x last year. 2x from ground blind and 1 from tree stand. 8, 8, and 12 yards.


And yes, the clean misses ARE easier on the conscience.
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Offline Terry Lightle

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Re: Missing the chip shot CLUB
« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2011, 11:30:00 PM »
Been there done that,more times than I care to remember
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Offline caleb7mm

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Re: Missing the chip shot CLUB
« Reply #9 on: October 22, 2011, 11:52:00 PM »
opening day last year I missed a doe from a hang on stand. Shot right over her back, 5 YARDS! 10 minutes before that I took a practice shot at a leaf on the ground at 15 yards and center punched it.
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Offline DJTJR

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Re: Missing the chip shot CLUB
« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2011, 12:12:00 AM »
Oh yea. Been there
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Offline GRINCH

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Re: Missing the chip shot CLUB
« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2011, 12:27:00 AM »
I hate to admitt it but yea I've been guilty of seeing rack instead of picking a spot,rally ruined my day.
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Offline ishoot4thrills

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Re: Missing the chip shot CLUB
« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2011, 05:50:00 AM »
I don't guess you would call it a "chip" shot, but I sent one over the back of a nice tall 6 pointer yesterday morning at 24 yards. I could already taste his back straps too! I thought he was mine for sure!   :banghead:

I guess it just wasn't his time to go.   :dunno:
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Offline centaur

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Re: Missing the chip shot CLUB
« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2011, 07:13:00 AM »
Anybody who hasn't missed a chip shot hasn't been hunting very long. Traditional archery is somewhat like golf in that it is a great lesson in humility.  But when all the stars align and everything comes together, it is a great feeling. The easy misses just confirm our humanity.
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Re: Missing the chip shot CLUB
« Reply #14 on: October 23, 2011, 07:26:00 AM »
Missed at 8/9 yards 3 times. All a couple inches over the back
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Offline pauljr

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Re: Missing the chip shot CLUB
« Reply #15 on: October 23, 2011, 07:26:00 AM »
Im in this club lol! missed a big doe a few years ago at a whole 10yds.
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Offline B-DOG

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Re: Missing the chip shot CLUB
« Reply #16 on: October 23, 2011, 08:27:00 AM »
miss the same deer twic yesterday. about 10 to 12 yards both times
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Offline COOCH

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Re: Missing the chip shot CLUB
« Reply #17 on: October 23, 2011, 09:39:00 AM »
My most memorable was a 380 class bull elk at 8 yards  :banghead:    "[dntthnk]"  And yes it still stings.If yea shoot at enough critters it's bound to happen.
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Re: Missing the chip shot CLUB
« Reply #18 on: October 23, 2011, 11:16:00 AM »
I missed a 12 yard shot at a little doe a few weeks ago.  My shot went right under the deer's chest.  TRW
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Offline steadman

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Re: Missing the chip shot CLUB
« Reply #19 on: October 23, 2011, 11:28:00 AM »
5 point bull elk at 10 yards. Still have nightmares about that one  :)
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