WORST OPENING WEEKEND EVER!!!

[rbrt635]

my opening weekend sucked big time.. i missed saturday morning from sun up tell 930 due to me having to take a test (which i passed), then got in the woods and saw nothing all morning not even a squirl, then saturday evening at about 450 i had a small to decent size doe walk about 45 yards infront of me and i took a shot and missed (i have been hunting since i was 15 im 28 and ever deer i have shot at with a shotgun or muzz i have never missed) so needless to say i was pissed. but i know why i missed, i missed because i rushed the shot due to the sun going down quick, anyways then sunday went in the morning same thing didnt see a darn thing nope not even a squirl again. then went home to do a few thing and got back in the woods by 3 pm and i finally saw my first squirl at 4 pm, then at 430 had a very nice doe come walk to the right of me i pointed aimed settled down and shot, annnnnnnd missed shot high, was pissed again, climbed down out of my ladder to look for blood or fur just to make sure and found nothing, then since i had about 20 mins left before dark i climbed back in my stand raised my gun up and litteraly turned around to get striaght and i had another doe a big big big doe come to my right also. took and i was still pissed settled down took a deep breath and pointed aimed, aimed alittle lower since i shot the last one high, took a shot and she kicked her hind legs up and hauled ass out of dodge, things starting looking up at that point, so i waited 10 mins started lowering my gun down got half way down and my rope snapped gun thank god was pointing down, the barrel went into the dirt and mud about 4 inchs, (yes my heart beat skiped a beat) then i climb down out of my stand pull my gun out of the dirt unload my gun (since the barrel is clogged) and walked over to where i shot at this doe by this time my little flash light i have wasnt cutting the trick (its sad that my cell phone flash has a brighter light then my flash light) so i called for a couple of the guys who i hunt with to come over and help, by the time they get there its to damn dark to see 2 inch in front of your face so i lost my mark where the doe was standing when i shot so i started to climb back up into my stand and got alittle more than half way up and guess what happend? yup the strap that holds the stand to the tree at the top of the stand snapped and broke also, almost fell backwards, thank got for the other straps on the stand to help so i didnt fall all the way backwards, so i said screw it lets just go look and go over there took a look around was so fing pissed by this point because of my gun being out of sight the gun falling to the ground and the stand breaking and missing 3 diffrent deer that i said screw this lets just go i dont have the time or paitence anymore for this weekend, so to sum things up it was a bad FML weekend and lastnight i got my gun un clogged and cleaned now i have to go thursday to re sight my gun in and fix my ladder stand all before 9 am when i got to be at work.... hopefully my luck turns around and i get to shot something i can hang on my wall and to make up for everything that has gone wrong this year so far.

[osprey]

Hey, everybody misses, just a learning experience. At least it wasn't a monster buck! Still coulda been worse, you coulda been working.

But please, unload that gun before you lower or raise it on a rope, that's a damn dangerous thing to do.

[brettgerhart]

I had a late muzzle season similar to that. My gun was off and I missed a doe at 40 then it mis-fired the second time I shot at a deer. Early muzzle season it was on and I killed a nice 6 pt. It does happen and it probably wont be the last, however, I do share your frustration and also have felt the anger you did. You still got some time this season as I think I am not able to get out with the shotgun anymore this year. Good luck!

[rbrt635]

well ok i have figured out why i missed the deer this past weekend. i have been kicking myself in the butt all wekk and lastnight i figured out what the problem was... my brother had bought and gave me some slugs well they were slugs for a riffled barrel shot gun and my shot gun is a smooth bore so in short what was happening was the bullet was going out of the gun straight. so lastnight i made a trip to dicks (because cartewrights didnt have any) and bought the same slugs i have always shot throught my shot gun..

[bucksathome]

Man i did the same thing with my gun and it cost me a deer one year! Chuck one up for a learning lesson. Now you got the problem solved get out and bust one, good luck to you.