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Big Game Hunting => Bow Hunting => Topic started by: GEARHEAD on September 10, 2012, 11:29:56 PM

Title: hard lesson
Post by: GEARHEAD on September 10, 2012, 11:29:56 PM: 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.
Title: Re: hard lesson
Post by: huntnnw on September 10, 2012, 11:48:26 PM: Angle compensating range finder
Title: Re: hard lesson
Post by: RadSav on September 11, 2012, 12:17:52 AM: 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. :dunno:

Hope you get a chance at redemption :tup:
Title: Re: hard lesson
Post by: GEARHEAD on September 11, 2012, 07:57:26 AM: i use an arc 1500, but just time enough to get a range and draw. thanks for making me feel worse now, lol.
Title: hard lesson
Post by: sirmissalot on September 11, 2012, 08:01:39 AM: I missed a great whitetail once from 15 yards for the same reason. That should make you feel better.
Title: Re: hard lesson
Post by: micdude on September 11, 2012, 12:55:55 PM: My hunting partner missed an elk at 7 feet :o 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. :IBCOOL:

Hope that helps
Title: Re: hard lesson
Post by: RadSav on September 11, 2012, 03:12:08 PM: Quote from: sirmissalot on September 11, 2012, 08:01:39 AM
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! :rolleyes:
Title: Re: hard lesson
Post by: szairborne on September 11, 2012, 08:19:27 PM: 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
Title: Re: hard lesson
Post by: RadSav on September 11, 2012, 08:32:59 PM: 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.
Title: Re: hard lesson
Post by: kyle78 on September 12, 2012, 04:08:56 PM: I missed 2 deer before finally connecting on the third one this year.