ORIGINAL: cmscat50
Not trying to say I'm an expert. I bowhunt probably 30 days each fall....been bowhunting for 5 years. I have plenty of experience in the tree....and know what I'm SUPPOSED to do....but have no experience once it is actually happening in the heat of the moment. Not looking to give my sob story. I'm looking for any advise I can get before I get back out there.
I'm trying to learn by experience...not by reading internet boards. Alasman, why don't you just copy / paste your post so next time someone does somthing like this you don't have to waste time typing to respond to inferiors like myself. Thanks alot.
My advise as someone who is entering their 2nd season as a bow hunter.
Never take a shot unless you are 100% confident you can make that shot.
Stop looking at the antlers once you have decided he is a shooter.
If you are not 100% sure you hit your target area (double lung) wait 1 hour before you climb down to check your arrow. (only)
You can't wait too long before you start tracking, but you can start too early.
We owe it to these animals we hunt to place an accurate shot which will cause the least amount of suffering.