RE: How bad are your misses?
 

if i miss an animal when it happens it is usaully by a few inches or less like this year i missed a huge 9-point wit split brow tines at 10yrds by about an inch literally an inch:(:(

RE: How bad are your misses?
 

Just wondering.....

You guys who say you had clean misses by a narrow margin.......

How far did you miss where you were aiming?

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I shot a tree 16 yds up and 13 yds to left of a doe this year[&:]

RE: How bad are your misses?
 

I do not mean this to sound too critical, but if you missed him completely, you missed by a whole lot more than an inch. Don't feel bad though, I have missed animals by feet! No lie. I used to get target panic really bad. I would jerk the trigger and immediately look for the arrow instead of following through. That habit cost me god knows how many animals.

Oh well, we can't all be perfect.

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LOL I was wondering the same thing.

I missed 2 wolves by a few inches.....but way off my intended target. If I miss, its because I'm too jacked up and don't take the time to control myself. Sometimes this is my biggest weakness.

OOPS, I forgot to mention that I had controlled myself with the wolves, just overestimated the yardage.....bad.

RE: How bad are your misses?
 

I seldom miss by more than 15-18" @ 30 yards, which I think is pretty darn good considering I use a whisker biscuit.:D

RE: How bad are your misses?
 

Most of my shots in the yard, even though “missing” my intended aim, would still kill a deer. That’s really all that matters to me. Every great once in a while I get a weird thing where I just jerk badly at the moment of release. Its very rare, but results in a very far off shot. 1-2 feet off.

Now my past misses at deer, were usually never by too much, and nearly always for a misjudged yardage. There were a few that ducked. And my most recent miss was a combination of factors that were my fault, but all added up to just missing a doe. Even though I probably hit where I was aiming. To explain, my close pin was sighted in for 22 yds. She was 15 yds, & at 15 I’m a little high. I also tend to aim a little higher than most when it comes to shooting deer from a tree(but I am working on it) She was also REALLY on edge for some reason. Wind was good, she never looked up. All those things combined with my error to aim low to compensate for both the closeness of the shot AND her temperament sailed my arrow JUST over her back.

RE: How bad are your misses?
 

i would say my misses are do to my form, grip, and possibley not tunned bow....add it all together you can get some lost arrows, broken arrows, or sometimes great shots!!

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MO.........how does Nugent get away with canting the bow so much?? Just because he shoots the same every time??

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i missed my whole target and back stop once. keep in mind my backstop is 2 hay bales high, stacked on their sides(strings out not up) and 2 wide(side by side)

yep...that was a big miss. luckily the fence stopped my arrow :eek:

that miss was due to a terrible case of target panic...once in a blue moon i will get super jumpy and nervous for some odd reason...usually put the bow away and find something else to do...that day i decided to try to shoot through it and "cure it" didnt even hit my anchors and the arrow was loose...

most my shooting though, i can carry the ole 1" for every 10yds pretty easily though...anything outside that i consider a bad shot/miss. typically my shooting within 40yds is better than that "rule of thumb" though..