hard lesson

[GEARHEAD]

missed a steep up hill shot on a maybe 5x6 muley with a few stickers. ranged at 48, put the 50 pin on him, all felt good and steady and i let her fly. fly right over the shoulder by an inch anyways. buck fever stopped my brain i guess, forgot to hold low, that damned gravity thing i guess. it wont happen again, and i know where he lives.

[huntnnw]

Angle compensating range finder

[RadSav]

Sure wish I could tell you that I have no idea what you're talking about.  Too bad the reality is it gets me all the time.  Not as much since getting the Leupold RX-1000, but it still does when I think I don't need to use it.  If you are like me and that had been a little 2X2 you'd have put it right through the heart.  I'm beginning to think the big ones have an aura that changes the pull of gravity around them.

Hope you get a chance at redemption

[GEARHEAD]

i use an arc 1500, but just time enough to get a range and draw. thanks for making me feel worse now, lol.

[sirmissalot]

I missed a great whitetail once from 15 yards for the same reason. That should make you feel better.

[micdude]

My hunting partner missed an elk at 7 feet    this year then I missed my first shot at a 4x4 elk because I didn't have time to range but I didn't miss on my second shot.

Hope that helps

[RadSav]

I missed a great whitetail once from 15 yards for the same reason. That should make you feel better.

For the same reason being "Big Antlers". 

No cut difference would make you miss a deer at 15 yards.  Again, gravity changes within close proximity of large horns and  antlers.   It could happen!

[szairborne]

Dont worry, about this. The first time i had a big 8 point whitetail in Kentucky come walking by my stand, i had forgot my release at home. I was so pissed!!  It happens, just keep on trying!

Shayne

[RadSav]

That's the fun thing about bowhunting.  We all have a lot more stories to tell than one would get in a lifetime of hunting with the rifle.  Plus missing him the first time will make the experience all that much better when the bone hits the ground next time.

[kyle78]

I missed 2 deer before finally connecting on the third one this year.