RE: What is your closest miss? (be honest:)
 

Here's my story;

Many years ago, it was the first day of the West Virginia archery season. I was hunting with two buddies.

Right after first light I saw a button buck approaching from behind me. I was in a treestand on a hillside. The button buck was on a trail on the downhill side of my tree.

In West Virginiawe shot any deer and did not hunt antlers. Weeach had two tags for either sex.We shot whatever came by first.

The button buck stopped underneath me. I shot practically straight down. I heard that hollow"Thunk"at my arrow's release.

I hung up my bow to give the deer a little time. I sat in my tree thinking of how quickly I had filled my first tag and wondered how my buddieswere doing. We were there for three days and hoped to bring home six deer.

I waited about 15 minutes and climbed down. My arrow was sticking out of the ground. Imagine my surprise whenI examined my arrow and it was completely clean on blood or hair. I followed the deers tracks in the loose damp soil for about35 yards. No blood!

Icouldn't believe I had missed. I knew I heard that familiar "thunk". I couldn't have missed. I went back to retrieve my arrow. I couldn't pull it out of the ground. It was stuck it a tree root beneath the ground. that explained that "thunk" I heard.

I managed to get the arrow out and returned up in my stand. I barely got settled in when a fog started rolling up the hill from the valley below. As it filtered through the trees it was almost like a dream or movie or something.

Suddenly I saw a deer coming up the hill through the fog toward me. It was a small buck. I drew my bow and made the shot. This time I saw the arrow strike home.

Later that morning I found that one of my buddies connected on a doe.

We ended up with 5 deer between the 3 of us in the next few days.

RE: What is your closest miss? (be honest:)
 

My first season bow hunting (3 years ago) I had twodoescome upon my set up. It was windy and I was in a climber about 20 feet up. I watched as they bedded down about 10 yards away. As the time was closing on my morning hunt (other plans) I grunted, thenwhistled and then they both stood up. I drew back on the doe close to me and shot right under . She turned and looked at my arrow stuck in the root of a tree. As she turned her head from side to side in curiosity I missed again, high. I turned to the other doe and proceeded to miss 2 more times at close range. With an empty quiver the 2 unsuspecting deer meandered off. As my heart rate returned to normal I realized I had alot to learn about archery hunting. I'm glad that they were all clean misses. I have come a long way since that day. This past year I harvested 4 deer with the same bow cleanly and no misses.

RE: What is your closest miss? (be honest:)
 

I watched a guy miss a bull elk COMPLETELY at 3 yards. I think the up close and personal bugle got to him a little....

RE: What is your closest miss? (be honest:)
 

Thats what you call elk feavor! lol

RE: What is your closest miss? (be honest:)
 

Missed a giant buck at 24 yards. I shot right over his back. He snuck up on me and I rushed it.

RE: What is your closest miss? (be honest:)
 

Shot a foot over a coyote at 10 yards a couple years ago. I had to twist and shoot in a weird position and ended up just floating my pin.

RE: What is your closest miss? (be honest:)
 

Two seasons ago on the largest buck I have ever seen in the wild.....I am about 15 ft up in a tree on top of a very steep, high bank overlooking a small stream. Deer came to other side of the creek at a very steep downward angle putting him about 30 yds away from me (on the slant) but only about 10 yards out fromthe vertical plane of the tree. Trying to remember all the geometry involved in shooting at such an angle I shaved a double handfull of hair from his left side/chest when I held way too low on him. I am 58 yrs old and that is the first time I ever actually cried over missing a shot!

RE: What is your closest miss? (be honest:)
 

My closest miss? Hmm about5 yards, shot right over the top of him....not something im proud of, my longest miss.18 yards.

RE: What is your closest miss? (be honest:)
 

3 yards strait down i think the arrow came off the rest because it wasn't even close

RE: What is your closest miss? (be honest:)
 

10 yards at a doe during my first season bowhunting. Actually missed her twice [&:]