Missed twice

[ebeard]

I let loose my first shot at a deer with traditional a little over a week ago, and watched it sail cleanly over his back.  It was an awesome experience, and helped me figure out a new shooting position I should practice from.  I'm just happy I had an opportunity.

[Caleb the bow breaker]

I have missed the same deer twice.  its part of the fun and try to see the good news that you didnt wound and lose the deer.  Because that hurts worse

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[woodchucker]

Years ago... I shot at the same Doe 3 times!!!

I had to scare her away, to go get my arrows...  

[bear bowman]

Missed twice this year so far. I'd love to say that I have the mental capacity to get a second shot off after the first miss but I'm like a bowl of jello in an earthquake by that time.

[1flyfish]

Like everyone has said you will miss at this game but that is apart trad hunting alittle more difficult.Just force yourself to always burn a hole in your spot.

[kbetts]

When you miss with traditional equipment it hurts more IMO because they usually stand around and let you miss again.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Fred is top Notch.  

Keep at it and pick a spot.

[MikeNova]

Never give up!!! I'm a pretty good shot I've killed a few animals and done pretty well at 3d. Last year I took 5 shots at two deer and missed all shots low. I felt two inches tall. Don't quit

Years ago a young guy came over after he missed 7 times in one morning from a tree stand.  When he ran out of arrows, he climbed down, wiped the tears from his eyes found 6 of his arrows back and came to my house for sympathy and did not get any.  He insisted on holding his bow vertical and never practices from a tree stand.  We flopped a stand in my tree at the height that his was and put out a deer target.  The tight wad never has any practice arrows, so i let him use some of mine.  i played arrow delivery boy while he shot at my target.  After nearly 100 arrows he gave in, canted the bow, found his sighting frame of mental reference, got a rhythm going and starting hitting.  Then he declared that was the way he was shooting all along
and did not need to change anything after all.

[TooManyHobbies]

Only twice? lol. I missed one doe...3x, within a half hour. All shots were high, w/longbow.

[Northwoods Hunter]

I hit  a nice 8 in Kentucky on a hunt with Big Jim, but too high.  I tend to hit high from a tree stand. I'm going to start aiming at the heart. My son told me the last 2 deer he missed, he shot over.
 Some people talk about jumping the string, but my target don't jump. If I aim at the heart and hit high or he jumps. I'll still be in the lungs. GOOD HUNTING

[maineac]

Hey misses happen, keep at it!

[SteveB]

Misses bother me every bit as much as a wound. Because I know I did something wrong and plain got lucky. If I miss twice I am done shooting at animals until I am confident I know why and can hit a 4 to 5 inch circle again. Too much deer between a clean miss and a kill to work out shooting issues practising on a live target.