The most dumbest thing I ever did bowhunting wise was taking a too far shot of 29 yards on a deer during a late afternoon hunt when I was 16 years old. The deer moved forward just as I released my arrow.
Instead of a broadside double lung kill shot, the shot turned into a "gut shot". I trailed the deer for 200 yards before it got dark and I lost the blood trail in the darkness.
I took up the trail the next morning at first light. I eventually found the deer another 200 yards away, but a pack of coyotes found it before me during the night. :(
I was sure the deer was alive when the coyotes found the deer and ate it alive. :eek: I felt sick to my stomach at the carnage I saw and realizing I was responsible for it.
That is when I vowed.....NEVER.....to take a shot over 20 yards again. And I haven't. This hard and humbling lesson was learned 46 years ago.
I did learn my lesson. Three weeks later, I arrowed my first deer with a broadside double lung pass through shot at.......14 yards and the deer traveled 42 yards. I know the shot distance and the trailing distance since I carried a tape measure with me.
Topic: Ever do something stupid (Read 560 times)
