did you miss if any beofre you got your first buck with a bow? i thinks ive missed five times and only shot one of those i cant beleive it i almost qit this year when i missed a monster ten pointer at ten yards not buck fever but my bow hit a limb seems like every thign i go to do messes up while bowhunting i fell down while drawing my bow one time when the bank gave out from under me!

We all miss at one time or another.Strange things happen.Last year in Dec. I missed a deer at 12 yds.Couldn't figure out how???Then my daughter saw the poor branch bleeding with laughter that I shot instead.If bowhunting,or any hunting were easy,what fun would it be!<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

Oh how many I missed before I learnd how to shoot and tune a bow with broadheads!! I know the feeling but with time and practice it will all come together.

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Nope, I didn't hunt until I was confident with the gear. I have missed a couple since, but killed a buck first season with the wheels and after taking two years off to learn to shoot the recurve, I took one first season with it too.

I seem to recall a few that eluded my best intended arrows,many moons ago as a 13 year old punk searching the woods for one of these &quot;big&quot; bucks I heard could be found somewhere in this state, I sent a few harmless arrows over the backs of unsuspecting whitetails.As mentioned, regardless of age, practice and experience will eventually give you that hard fought &quot;first&quot;.That's what's exciting about bowhunting is how fast it can go from a slap in the face to a slap on the back.Good luck

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Dont get down on yourself Hoyt. When I first started bowhunting back in the days of the recurve I missed my first shot at a doe from 15 yards. Then later when I was using a compound I shot over the back of a big 8pt. at 20 yards. I guess I looked at the wrong sight pin. Just keep on trying and soon everything will come together.

I wouldnt get to down on yourself. I personaly have learned way more when I made a bad shot than I ever have when the shot was succsessful. When you make a bad shot you beat yourself up over it for a long time and that is what makes you make the right shot when the time comes. It has amazed me in the past when I made a shot and didnt notice a branch that was right in front of me and then after the miss you look at the shot you took and ask yuourself how could I of been so stupid. I guess that is one of the things that makes bowhunting so awsume.

I got the first deer I shot at ,but the first elk I shot at was 15 yards broadside and I didn,t even come close .He ran off to about 50 yards then stopped and looked back at me . I've missed others but will never forget the first one .

Hoythunter I was fortunate to harvest a spike on the very first time I went out with a bow. That was in 1981 and I didn&quot;t kill another until 1988. Since then I 've taken only 7 others 4 does and 3 bucks. Total of 9 deer since starting in 1981. Don't get discouraged sooner or later you will connect and when you do your in for the thrill of a life time.

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