I' ve had a few I don' t think I will ever forget, and some I would really like to! One of the most humbling was this past deer season--I had a " gimme" shot on a doe--not once, but TWICE--and missed both times. Later on, out of the same stand, I took shots at the two places where she stood--first time I got within a couple of inches of a small leaf I was shooting at, second time I clipped the stem at the base of a flower that was my target. How I missed that deer I will never know.

A couple of the ones that I hope to remember until my last breath: an absolute perfect double lung on a rabbit. I was spotting and stalking them on my dad' s property, walking along a gravel road. It was probably 18 yds or so, and everything felt perfect. The rabbit was sitting in a shallow ditch on the side, ready to bolt. I drew, released, and saw my arrow skid down the road--but the rabbit had dissapeared. I about panicked until I ran up and saw it had literally fallen in it' s tracks--it had died instantly. Another was at the Alabama State Traditional Championship last year. I was shooting a fun round with a new friend. I was about " shot out" , and we were mainly shooting for the heck of it. We got to a small target (badger, I believe) , that had already spanked me a couple or three times--I had hit the 5, the 8, and missed, but no 10' s on it. I called the shot before I stepped up to the stake--told Nolan that I was going to " 12" it. Of course he invited me to take the first shot, so he would have something to focus on. I stepped up, proceeded to glance off a small sapling, and you guessed it--pinwheel! The best part was the arrow was off at an angle, so it was useless for a reference point (it was far enough that the only thing clearly visible was the nock and feathers, we weren' t sure it was a 12 until we walked up). Later on in that same round, I accidently robin hooded his " lucky arrow" --lol. It was pure accident, because his arrow was a " 5" in a cougar target, well out of the kill--I got called some baaaaaaaddd names over that one.........

Chad