ORIGINAL: Jimmy S
If you are PISSED, I hope it's not at the above reply. NYBH expresses my feelings exactly.
You should be PISSED...... atyourself andyour wife.You for letting herhunt with a gun she has never shot before, and her for doing it.
Say what you want, that's the bottom line....
We have all missed before, that's not an issue. Ask anyone who has ever missed a deer before because they were shooting a gun they never used (fired) before and see how many replies you get. That should tell you all you need to know.
I think you're out of line here because you emphasized the fact that there was no blood and I felt bad until I read about your wife never firing that gun before.
If that was my kid, (and yes, I hunt with three sons) he would be spending a lot of time at home during deer season, becasue he should have known better.
Now to answeryour question.....Sounds to me like that doe was hit a and hit good. I suely hope I am wrong and she lives another healthy season in her woods. If not, what a shame!
I am beyond pissed at myself for it not her, she trusted my judgement.But I am not gonna beat myself up for it. I felt at the time she should be ok to use it. I sighted it in didn't see much difference between the recoil of it and the .30-.30 she is use to shooting. At the time I didn't think it would be an issue. But after the miss and how I seen her handle it the following sunday target practicing. I decided to post about it to let people know to practice first cause my greatest error was not thinking she was nervous about shooting it. Nothing to do with her ability of not being able to shoot. Cause she nailed the bull with it every shot once she got a betterfeel for it.
Did not expect to get beat up and down by a few people who think the are high and mighty. To be honest if this is the reaction people get when the post a mistake for others to learn from then what is the point to the forums.