last year was my first year bow hunting....it was an experience.....the first morning, i had a nice spiked buck walk up, waited til he was behind the tree pulled back and my nock came off ...sad day, but i learned...got new nocks
i passed on a doe and her yearling 2 days in a row...shouldn' t of, the yearling would of made it and i had no meat , i learned not to be overly ethical, meat comes first then i' ll be choosey...there was a poult that came in 9 yards away from me, i thought about it, i admit it, but there was no way, so i sat there and enjoyed her feeding around me, til she fed off.....then the one that hurts real bad.....there i was sitting in a tree that had fallen, actually i was standing...it was almost time to go and i had called Fl. Huntress and she said she' ll be heading up my way in about 30 minutes...a few minutes later i hear splash spash splash, actually startled me, i froze, it was doe and her yearling running, they get 20 yards in front of me and stop, then they walked off , looking behind em , all of a sudden i hear SPLAH SPLASH SPLASH, this beautiful creature comes walking in , stops exactly where the doe stopped and i went to pull back and i see him looking but not at me or the doe...he takes off, then Fl. WHISTLES...he saw her[:' (]and when she whistled , my heart sunk......he was a trophy, i have only seen a couple of bucks that nice personally, his rack just laid down, nice spread....i didnt get to count points because i was told not to count a buck by his rack , rather his age , just find the spot and shoot, they' ll be time after the harvest to count tines.....well that was tough, to this day i can see him crashing through the water chasing her then stopping for the perfect shot , all to be f' ed up...one of my bestest memories to date, bitter sweet for sure...well the following hunt i had this group of turkeys come in, my stand is only 6' , but camoed very well, i thought for sure i' d take one of the turkeys so i waited for the biggest one to stop and i released,my leg wiggling the whole time, lol..i tried to calm myself, and i really did, but my leg would not stop shaking.... the arrow fell about a hands width behind her...i screwed up and thought she was closer than what she was, hens are legal to take by the way, dont want to upset anyone....but i was off about 6 yards, give or take.....but i released
and it was a clean miss, that did my heart good, i actually got the chance to release finally after all the times i should of or could of or wanted too
and i got to put another arrow in while continued walking and feeding , but i didn' t get another shot, after missing my confindence level was gone......i' m building that up every day when i shoot, i feel that has to be the one thing you bring in the woods with you ,confindence, i truely do.......while i' m at work , me and my coworker/buddy pick things out and guess the yardage and then he takes the range finder out and checks to see who' s right ..i know i have alot of learning to do, with every hunt comes a learning experience and i know my patience and persistance will be rewarded when God feels they should be......ntilo that time, i must learn all i can , the hard way is just part of it....