Taking a shot that you are not absolutely positive is free of obstructions and is going to result in a clean, quick, and humane kill is irresponsible, unethical, and should never be taken in the first place!!! And I did something very, very similar Saturday on a very nice PY buck!!!<img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_clown.gif border=0 align=middle> Haven't slept well since and relive the shot several times each day. It's been quite a while since I've wounded a deer and is certainly something I could go the rest of my life without doing and not miss it! Good luck the rest of the season.

david you know you may be getting a little old to be doing the contortionist thing! LOL Well it is good to hear that even some of the best miss/nick sometimes. I am sure you will make up for it though.

wolfen I am sure one of these days I will feel the pain you are feeling right now, so far I have been lucky is all I can say.

The Tazman aka Martin Price
Founder and President of
Virginia Disabled Outdoorsmen Club

It's taboo to say I missed, your supposed to say I didn't see anything or that you let them go by<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

WOLFEN... I didn't see the twigs. In fact I had to wait for her to clear some brush before I could shoot. These things were toothpicks. I didn't see them until I looked through my binos to see if I could spot my arrow on the ground. I don't shoot through brush.... however, I do shoot through holes all the time. I hunt in thick stuff generally. I'm not even sure I hit a twig. Just offered it up as a possible excuse for missing what I aimed at at 20 yards. The deer were on red alert... it's quite possible she dropped at the shot too. Like I said... we all know I'd never miss on my own. Nyuck Nyuck Nyuck...<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_clown.gif border=0 align=middle>

davidmil...I know what you mean. After I went to begin the search for the buck that I wounded I went to the spot he was standing when I shot him and then looked back to the stand and my heart sunk as I saw many toothpick sized twigs and limbs that were about vital-high on the buck. I will shoot through &quot;holes&quot; also but if I had to do it all again I wouldn't have taken this shot through that junk. I was just giving you chit.<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle> Regardless neither was our fault.<img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle>

Giving him a chit?!!! There's an expression I haven't heard for a long time....definitely a military expression. <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> Wolfen, did you ever find any more sign of that buck?

Davidmil...I will lend you some of my venison if you need some to get you through the winter. I'd hate to hear that you starved to death. lol. Just kidding... I think you've single-handedly put the population of the herd under control in your area.

It happens to everyone sooner or later.

I REALLY know why I missed. She was TOO BIG. I'm used to aiming at smaller targets. It makes you focus better.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle> If it had been a button I would have taken out his heart. Nyuck Nyuck Nyuck. The devil made me do it Wolfie.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>