Twice in 14 yrs and I did my best to find them. It' s the worst feeling in the world to me.I still will only shoot about 25yds because that is what I practice at home. Plus I don' t bowhunt as hard as some. This weekend starts our gun season and I' ve done my scouting so to speak.[) So I scout with a bow and I got a nice doe for my effort.

almost lost an 8 pt this year, thanks to the guys on this site, they kept me going, found my deer 4 days later, i don' t know if you count this as a lost deer or not,
i got another cape and am getting him mounted. i do know one thing, it is a feeling that i don' t want to feel again.

Happened to me last year, still don' t feel real good about it, but i know the deer is dead now because we found it but it shouldn' t of had to suffer. Hope i don' t do that again, and ill never shoot them while trotting or jogging, etc., again.

great post guys i like how people have just told what has happen to them i seem to be learning a lot just by reading of thing that can be done and thing that are not good ideas thanx for letting me know its been greatly apprciated

lost 3 buck, all on this one piece of church ground by me, they run off the property and i have a hard time tracking them. only thing i managed to shoot off the property was a doe

How about the years hunting Buck magnet? How long is your career? Something tells me I' ve been hunting longer then you' ve been alive.

Let' s see I' ve shot and killed with the Gun and bow around 100 deer and lost 2.


Not a bad % wouldn' t you say?

Buckmagnet, You are proably a nice enough guy, but I have to be honest sometimes you get under my skin. Just being honest. You try and come across like the next Myles Keller.

I know why should I care? Proably shouldn' t. So I' ll stop throwing jabs your way. You have a nice day.

Hey Charlie,

Hey, I am no Myles Keller, and no, I havn' t been hunting as long as you. I am entirely honest on these boards. I have made my mistakes in the past, just like you, and I have done everything in my power to make those mistakes disappear, just like you. I have had to learn pretty much everything I know about archery hunting by myself. My grandfather and my dad both hunted archery, but, they stopped before I ever started. I have done everything by myself, well, with my bestfriend. He is in the same situation except that nobody in his family hunts or ever hunted archery. When I first started, I was making too many mistakes that I couldn' t even get close to deer with my bow, then the time came where I could get close to the deer, but, I wasn' t ready for it. That is where my two wounded deer came from. Now, I am practicing much more self control, which came from time and these learning experiences. I have become " picky" with my shots. I think that it is something that everybody goes through.

I am not claiming to be perfect, and I am not claiming that I know everything about the sport. I just say what happens to me, simple as that. Some people like that, some don' t.

I have absolutely nothing against you at all, but, I won' t sit back and let little pop shots be taken at me without the whole story being said. I have nothing to hide on here, nothing to proove, all I do is talk about hunting.

This post has just inspired me to think of a new topic......

Hey BM...good post about your learning curve, everyone learns from their mistakes.

I think what Charlie P was posting about is you taking a pop at him....he' s lost 2 in 28 years and you make a comment about how you have the same number. (I have seen the banter between you two in other posts as well). 2 in 28 is not comparable to 2 in 3 or however long you' ve been hunting with a bow.

Good Luck...

This post amazes me. I usually lose 1 a year. Now you can all lambaste me for my lack of ethics, but maybe the deer here in N Minnesota are tougher, I don' t know.

Secondly, " the anti' s are gonna get us for this post." Hogwash! I usually wound 1 or more with a vehicle a year too, and I don' t see anyone trying to take my car away. (although I usually recover most of these, how many motorists do you think recover them, not many!)

Those of you who " wound 2 in 23 years" and feel bad about it are either full of **** or in a league of your own. I get sick of all the ethics crap on hear, I am ethical, but I also tell the truth. I will also put my tracking ability against anyones on this board, so don' t tell me the crap about spending more time to find them. The only thing I will admit is that my shot selection when I was younger was very poor. As I have made better choices I wound much less, but it still happens! Live with it.