Well, I blew it a couple of times when I was hunting during my short career. My first year I was making a push with my dad and brother and my bro. had a .22. Then he saw a deer 1 yard away, laying down, he said something but all we could hear was the sounds of a frightened boy, so I sat down on a log. Then my dad, finally understanding that there was a deer next to him started running toward him. The croch-horn jumped up and ran behind us and I got up twirled around and aimed with my open sights and pulled the trigger. Nothing. I forgot the safty! Then I flicked off the safty and shot and excited shot but no contact was maded.
That year I got a small button-buck.
Then last season I didn't really blow it but I missed a chance at a b&c with a bow. Well, I baught a bow and after school I went hunting with it for the first time. I was have a lot of action around me but nothing within 20yrds.(I only set my bow for 20yrds.)There was the 10pt. p&y 40yrds. away,chasing does, and 2 deer behind me. Finally one of the deer behind ran in front of me and hid in a group of trees, the 2nd deer followed his trail slower so shot and hit. The 1st went to his blood trail and smelt it so I nocked another arrow and shot him too. But now I wish I used my grunt tube to call in the p&y. Because I heard one of the other guys that hunts the area shot a big p&y in the area. Later that season, my bro. shot his first deer, a 4pt. buck, and I dropped a 10pt. buck but he wouldn't make it into b&c.
So I did good sometimes and bad other times but this season I am looking forward to taking 2 p&y that i have been scouting for.