We all have had those experiences where we look back into time and laugh until we cry at some of the mistakes that we have made along the way. Lets share with those who have a new found passion so they HOPEFULLY will not make the same mistakes.

It was my first year of bowhunting and I was all ready for action, I had been practicing all summer, shooting off ladders, shooting from the roof of the barn, and even went to the extent to build treestands in my yard in the middle of suberbia.

The day had finally arrived and I was ready to take my skills to the woods. I had carefully selected a trail off the edge of a well used clover lot that had a nice big oak tree in it. The morning was wearing on when I looked to the right of me a saw a doe working her way towards me. The time was now.

I nocked an arrow and pulled back when she was within my comfortable range. I let the arrow fly only to watch it hit at her feet. She jumped back and stopped.I nocked another arrow and let it fly, right over her back. Several arrows later my quiver was empty and the deer was untouched.

With all of my arrows gone all I could do is watch her walk up to the tree that I was in and lay down. Several hours later she moved off. I climbed down to pick up the arrows that I could still see from the tree. I caught another movement and here she came again. My first reaction was to lay down. The deer kept walking towards me and was a meer 10 feet from me with me having no way to shoot. All I could do was watch her walk away. I would have given anything at the time to kill that deer, but it began the tempering of my patience in the field.

Lets hear of some of the blunders that led to a long ride home!!!!!

I have a heck of alot more blunders, but won't share until someone else spills the beans too!!!!