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Old 02-18-2010, 09:02 AM
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Mojotex
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Here's my recollection - I am guess-timating that I have hit about 125-130 deer over the past 40 or so years. I don't keep count. But usually bag 4-5 deer each season with my archery gear .... practically all does. Most fell dead within 200-300 yards and took maybe 15 minutes of tracking to find. Only a few, maybe 10-15, fell within sight.

I say with 100% certainty that I have flat out missed 13, including a fine 10 point, and failed to recover 6 that I hit. I think that may be I am so sure of these numbers because I went over and over the circumstances of those incidents many times as I tried to figure out how I screwed up. Man I hate to wound a critter, because you never know how much that animal suffered before it died.
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