Missed a Big One!!

[Ihuntelk2]

    So I missed a huge blacktail... Me and my buddies were out hunting yesterday and my friend jim in the back yelled Huge buck!!! We all hopped out i grabbed my bow and we ran back to the opening on the clear cut were we saw him. It was a big bowl, had a swampy looking bottom and about 10 yr old jack firs. We could not see him anywhere . He disapeared, my bro Rick grabbed his bow and ran further up the road to swing around the back side of the cut. My friend jim who didnt have a tag for archery deer was ranging for me spotted him again this time he was53 yards strait down hill perfect broad side shot. So i drew back on him and for some reason..im going to call it BIG ASS BUCK FEVER i put him in the middle of my fourty and fifty pin and not between my fifty and sixty for some damn reason. I shot and he ran off into the thick reprod, the shot looked great and sounded good...but............... I hit a stumped 2 foot behing him directly underneath were he was standing... The worst part is getting so dang excited cause you think you just dropped a hog and bam............ Tag Soup for dinner.

[PacificNWhunter]

That's a bummer man.

[garyrnr]

Bow hunting last weak I shot right under a nice 3 point at 35 yards, Tag soup for me to. Still time left to redeem our selves.

[mogombo]

That's a lonnnggg shot with a bow. Especially at an animal that is looking at you.

Lucky you didn't wound it.

[BLKBEARKLR]

straight down hill?? Depending on what kind of an angle you were at you might want to aim according to the terrain you are hunting 

[Rainstorm Hunter]

I feel your pain.  I messed up on a HUGE blacktail opening weekend of the rifle early season.  He looked like a mule deer body and horns he was so big.  Got a little excited and forgot to turn off the safety and he walked into the brush 

[deerslyr]

53 yards aint *censored* to a practiced archer with modern equipment mogombo...
That sucks you missed man but at least youve seen a shooter! Ive been out at least 3-4 times a week since the opener of late season and still havnt seen a mature buck lol

[mogombo]

53 yards aint *censored* to a practiced archer with modern equipment mogombo...
That sucks you missed man but at least youve seen a shooter! Ive been out at least 3-4 times a week since the opener of late season and still havnt seen a mature buck lol

Thanks for the lesson deerslyr regarding the miracles of modern archery. I guess I still have a lot to learn after 30 plus years bow hunting and over 70 big game animals.  I have shot and hunted with quite a few very gifted archers over the years and i have yet to this behavior from a "practiced archer".
Nothing like running down a road with a knocked broadhead and flinging arrows at deer running through clear cuts.

Guess have to start watching more hunting shows on TV where "bros" and "dudes" to get psyched- up and take hail mary 80 yds shots with range finders at spooked game with "modern bows" with training wheels. Cue the electric guitar solo....high five....

I have seen many,many  game animals when alerted,  "duck" or jump arrows at 20 yds to know a 50 plus yard shot at alerted game is a bad idea. But then again I get upset when i find gut shot and/or wounded deer  from archery hunters in the woods. I know the anti-hunters love nothing better than local tv news footage of a doe or fawn running around with an arrow sticking out her ass or in her head. 

I wonder why bowhunters are getting such a bad rep these days?

[deerslyr]

lol Im really glad I have alot more confidence then you when it comes to my shooting ability...as far as 80 yard hail mary shots, there is a HUGE difference between 80 and 53 yards. "running down the road flinging arrows" are you kidding me? he saw a nice buck while driving and took a shot and missed. he wasnt out flinging arrows at running game at a ridicolous distance, He felt comfortable with the shot (as would I) and missed, it happens. Dont come on here trying to impose your beliefs and morals on other people just because you are a traditional archer and this doesnt meet your standards, especially as a newb on here.

[boonerboy]

 

[mogombo]

A several foot miss to me would indicate that it is beyond shooter's range, dude.

Never said I was a trad shooter. Bought first compound n 1979, a PSE Citation Hunter,  and have owned over 20 wheel bows  since then plus numerous stick bows.

I know that a spooked deer, especially one chased by 3 guys in a clear cut,  will move faster than an arrow at over 30 yds, even the ones shot from bows advertised in the hunting mags and on TV by your ( insert) favorite hunting celebrity. I saw over 10 blood trails in the Nile this year  in the late season and no boot tracks following them. Lots of archers subscribed to the poke and hope mentality these days and I guess wounded game has become acceptable in today's culture, especially among the younger generation. "Dude, it's all about the kill"

 I always thought the bow was a primitive and short range weapon. I guess that since the modern bow is such a deadly and efficient weapon long range weapon these days we need to drastically reduce our archery seasons.   

[coachcw]

the guy said  he was excited and used the wrong pin. thats not just missing badly. If I know the yardage sixty dosn't scare me a bit.

[Alan K]

the guy said  he was excited and used the wrong pin. thats not just missing badly. If I know the yardage sixty dosn't scare me a bit.

 

[mogombo]

I ran into 2 guys these year with 9 site pins on their bows   I joked and they said 9th pin  for shots over 90 yds.  and they were completely serious.

I guess the bow is no longer considered a "primitive weapon" Better shorten the seasons

[coachcw]

I have a 90 yard pin . that must mean I'm gonna use it . But killing 26 elk with a bow in 15 years probily wouldn't qualify me as experianced so I better just get rid of all exept one pin because thats the only ethical pin to use . GIVE ME A BREAK . Dont us your skills as a bench mark for every one.