Haven't we all had some horror stories to tell? But it's our love 'of the game' that keeps us coming back for more (so to speak).
Last year I had several back to back hunts planned at different WMA's here in Texas. I opened the season with a good start by shooting a doe on opening day and seeing an all time high of 18 deer including some huge bucks. The next weekend on a different area on a special draw hunt for the state, I had hung 3 stands and hunted one on the first day of the hunt. The next morning I went to another stand, feeling good about my 'success'. Somehow after climbing up in the dark and getting comfortable, I accidently knocked my bow off of its hook dropping it 20+ feet to the ground and breaking my sight off.......Morning hunt ruined. So I went back to my camp, put a spare sight on and spent the morning getting it sighted in properly.
That afternoon I went to another stand location and after doing the climb and getting comfortable, noticed that I'd pulled out and lost EVERY ARROW in my quiver.
So I climbed down, walked back to my truck, built another arrow from my tool kit, walked back to my stand, climbed back up and while getting situated again-----KNOCKED MY GLASSES OFF and spent the next 2 hours looking for them.......finding them about 15 minutes before it got too dark to see!
I am blind as a bat without my glasses!
The next morning.....I had come down with POISON IVY so bad.....I couldn't sit still in any stand so my HUNT'S OVER.....until the poison ivy is cleared up....which takes about 10-21 days! And I stilll had fun!