RE: missed at 20 yards
 

Glad you searched for that deer. I too have seen deer go a pretty good ways before bleeding. I missed a 10 yard "chip shot" this year with a bow on a large buck. I kept replaying the shot over and over in my head until I remembered what I had done wrong. Two days later I put everything together and got a nice buck(much smaller than the one I missed though). Definately shoot your gun to make sure it is still zeroed.

RE: missed at 20 yards
 

Yah when i look back on the moment (which has been burning in my mind since saturday) i think the problem was either jerking the trigger or not paying attention to the sites and having the front bead a bit too high or low in the rear site. Darn, oh well. I have a 3rd opportunity to hunt in th Frenchman Valley in sk near the border of north dakota...hopefully ill have some luck there. there werent really any bucks areound where i missed the 20 yarder due to them being harvested. So hopefully ill see some deer this saturday, ill let you guys know how it goes

thanks for the support

RE: missed at 20 yards
 

Me and 2 friends went grouse hunting years ago, one of the guys had never hunted grouse before and when one jumped up right in front of him he unloaded the gun into the ground!!!! Grouse will scare the you know what out of you if they come up right in front of you. This guy was an experienced hunter, but had never hunted grouse.

The Tazman aka Martin Price
Founder and President of
Virginia Disabled Outdoorsmen Club