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Old 09-25-2013, 05:59 AM
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MountainHunter
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I'm no competition shooter, but missing that many times means there's something more basic wrong with your hunting than having one of your hunting spots compromised. Suppose you had hit one of them? If your shooting is that bad, there's a good chance you'd have a wounded deer.

Here are some suggestions:
1) Practice your bow.
2) Practice shooting your bow from your stand.
3) Mark yardages from your stand so you don't over- or under-shoot.
4) Don't shoot through limbs; a small twig hitting your arrow will deflect it significantly and result in a miss, or , worse, a wounded deer.
5) Cut a couple of shooting lanes to where deer walk, so you don't need to do (4).
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