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Post by brokenarrow1 on Oct 15, 2006 11:40:03 GMT -5
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Post by Hardcorehunter on Oct 15, 2006 20:37:21 GMT -5
I hate that feeling! A clean miss is always better than a bad shot in my opinion. That is why there are so many less bowhunters than gun hunters. Sometimes its all we can do from throwing our bows out of the tree. After looking for all possible blood trails etc., and coming up short. I think about how tough the deer are. And the fact that other than a gut shot, most injuries to the deer are healed over within days or weeks. I've shot plenty deer with bullet holes threw their hams or legs missing or even one with a broadhead embedded in its rib cage. Until quartering her out she showed no sign of an injury at all. They live to see another day and become a little smarter. A harder animal to hunt in the future but still alive. I've heard this saying a million times and still love it. " If it were that easy it would be called gettin, not Hunting."
Ps. I missed a sika doe last week. The first one I have seen from a stand in since I have been hunting them. it will make it that much sweeter when I finally harvest one.
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Post by tailchaser on Oct 16, 2006 21:24:22 GMT -5
Yea, I feel for ya. The good news is this, you're not alone you haven't started a new club your bow hunting and if you stop and think about it, it takes some savy just to put yourself in a position to even get a shot unless your hunting over a bait pile. If your hunting open range, no bait, and you've put yourself in position to get a bow shot on even a yearling that is an accomplishment. Now look at everything that can go wrong with a bow shot. The basics are the same, limbs, twigs, wind etc. The biggest varible you can't really account for is the deer itself. Is it going to stop, is it going to stand there long enough to complete the hunt. If that deer moves of course just a little bit with an arrow shot, bad news. With a slug or a muzz your bullets traveling at least 1400 FPS with some thumping power. I had a perfect broad side shot on a buck 2 years ago, 10 yards. I missed judge the yardage believe it or not and hit him high. I tracked him for a mile according to my gps. I lost the blood trail half dozen times. Deer was nontypical easy to ID and never found him. I new shot was bad when I started tracking him. I did get a trail camera picture of him that Feb. I short of felt better but it still sucked that I wounded him. Hang in there unfortunitly it happens.
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Post by osprey on Oct 17, 2006 8:18:49 GMT -5
Sorry to hear it. It's amazing what can happen in those fractions of a second between the release and the hit. I've seen deer do some amazing stuff in that amount of time I'd never have thought possilbe.
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Post by prostreetcamaro on Dec 2, 2006 10:43:33 GMT -5
The worst bow experiance I ever had was a perfect shot at 25 yards on a big doe. She was broadside and just as i released she put her head to her side to lick herself and the arrow glanced off her skull. It split the skin on her skull wide open and stunned her real bad. She ran off behind a big tree behind me about 40 yards away and shaking her head. I got down and knocked another arrow and she let me walk up to 20 yards from her and I put another arrow directly in her chest. That time she dropped like a rock. It made me sick to my stomach to have to do that to her knowing she was in severe pain. I know it wasnt my fault but it sure made me feel bad.
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Post by Hardcorehunter on Dec 2, 2006 19:37:29 GMT -5
I think we all feel we owe it to the animals we hunt to shoot them accuratly and make it quick and painless as possable. Thats not always the case. They are togh as nails and even though we think that a bad shot will result in death. Most of the time I think they recover. They may have scars and limps to show for it, but I have seen some deer act normal as can be and after shooting and guuting, find wounds that should have killed them but healed up completely.
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Post by THE DEER HUNTER on Dec 2, 2006 22:35:38 GMT -5
Glad to hear that doe didn't have to suffer much longer.
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Post by captwahoo on Dec 7, 2006 19:06:33 GMT -5
I had a bow shot last year bow season. A beautiful 10pt on the tail of a doe. Right under my stand at 17 yards. Took the shot and skipped off the tinyest of branches and cut right across the top of the shoulder. Saw the cut as he ran off. Trailed him the rest of that day, and came back out with the kids on Sunday. He just stopped bleeding. Two weeks later, I shot that same buck with the blackpowder. The 4" gash was mostly healed, and he was chasing doe's when I shot him. Amazing
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