I've been bow hunting for 3 yrs. I have not been able to harvest a deer yet. This morning I thought this was going to be the morning. At 9 o'clock this morning I had a medium size doe come 30 yards from stand. I come to full draw and my peep dosen't open up. The deer sees me and runs off. If it wasn't for bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all. At least it wasn't a big buck. Anybody got any stories like this one? Maybe it will make me feel better.

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It wil happen and when it does it will be incredible keep plugging away fix things that have gone wrong (ie peep not opening) at least your seeing deer, 7 trips out 3 deer at 65 yds not a promising start to the season but the scrape activity in last 3 days is quite promising!

I missed a 140 class buck at 17 yards once. My arrow ticked a thin branch and shaved the hair off his belly. I have that pile of white hair in a ziplock as a reminder of that day. There was no blood and no reaction to the shot and he just walked away, no giving me a chance for a second shot. We've all been there, just keep trying and it will come together eventually.

This year it happened to me.I was standing stretching in the morning of the first day and a 140" 8 point goes right under my stand. By the time I get my bow and pull back he trots off into the corn NO SHOT! Then the following night another nice 8 or bigger comes through the corn just out of my opening so I give a light grunt and the thing takes off. BUDDY I FEEL YOUR PAIN!!! I have shot a few deer but I'm after a big boy. You'll connect onone and then they'll keep coming good luck!

Remember we were all beginners once. THe best advice I can give you is to learn from your every mistake and by you doing all this learning your time will come! We are never perfect some just better than others but You need not stop learning everytime your out there! Good luck!!

Murphys law surely applies to hunting. Sorry to break it to you, but the bad luck really never ends. I've been bowhunting for over 30 years, and have taken my fair share of deer. This year, i've completely missed 2 does at less than 20 yards. Shot right over their backs. Ofcourse, I blame it on the bow. Come home and put just about every arrow in the sweet spot on the styrofoam deer target. That sure blows your confidence out of the water. The only thing that I can think of that i'm doing wrong, is rushing the shot and not picking a spot. Hope that the 3rd time is a charm.

I shot and missed once and my peep flew out and cut my wrist open some how.... Hurt like hell.

The bad luck will end when the good luck starts. And the good luck will end when bad luck starts up again.[8D]

Dude we have all been there. I started bow hunting when I was 14, I did not kill a deer until I was 19!!!!!! I missed, I went and didn't see any a lot, I blew chances for lack of knowledge. I have killed 17 deer with the bow now and Im just getting somewhat comfortable with shooting at live animals. Im 32 yrs old and I learned a lot over the years, just keep going and become "eat up" with this passion for bowhunting, the deer will come to you if you put yourself in the right place. Remember, scent control will help bring them in closer and don't worry about big bucks and numbers, if you hunt long enough you will get your chances. Learn every ounce of info from this forum, these guys are good and they are helpful.. don't give up!!