RE: HELP!!!!!!! !(practice for the upcoming season)
Here are the mistakes:
1. Never do your chores prior to hunting. Hunting is an excuse to get out of chores.
2. Shoulda shot before he went behind the brush. A 50 yard shot is easier to make than one through the brush. If he was still moving though, you did the right thing. You never want to take a moving target beyond 50 yards unless they are not coming any closer.
3. Shoulda used the 30 yard pin. The arrow would have cleared the twigs and the buck would be yours.
4. Don't wait so long. The deer was tired, you gave him a chance to rest.
5. Shoulda already had the second arrow nocked and been at full draw. Never know when that second shot would be needed. Plus if you missed, you would have time to nock a third arrow. The proof is in your story. You had time to nock one for the hail mary shot. The more arrows you shoot the better chance you got to hit something.
6. Never post a story like that on here. You never get any good advice. Mostly you just get a bunch of jerks on here trying to be superior and act like they never botch a shot.
Bottom line, you screwed up, and that ten pointer is now coyote turds.