ORIGINAL: deerhunter1224
It seems like everyone is filling their tags, but me. I have had a few does within range shot at one and missed. I had a really nice eight pointer but froze and couldnt shoot. Havent seen him since then. Had a 4 pointer within range didnt want to take him. Am I doing something wrong? Do I smell that bad that the deer avoid me. Gee I spray myself down with raccoon pee and fresh earth. I try and have the wind in my favor where I believe the deer are going to come from. Help me out here I know you dont know what I maybe doing wrong since you are not hunting along with me. Give me some insight to things I could be doing wrong.
Can' t understand your question. Sounds like you could have / should have filled your tag. I don' t mean this as a criticism - we' ve all BTDT, but your description contradicts your question, imho. You' ve seen several deer within shot range. You' ve missed, chosen not to shoot and " frozen" . Therefore, it' s not your hunting techniqe but maybe shooting *if anything*. The only thing I could suggest is (1) go ahead and harvest the next legal deer you see to break the ice (don' t pass up any legal shots - really a lot of time the first one is a tough shot to make, but after that it becomes less stressful to make the shot) and (2) practice shooting more so you' ll be less likely to " freeze up" . Now if you' d said you' ve hunted two or three years without seeing a deer within shot range, I might make some suggestions. But even that could be just bad luck and not bad technique, depending on where you hunt. My final advice is keep up the good work because you' re seeing a lot of " shootable" deer. -zeke