I feel horrible
10-08-2007 | 07:51 PM
#21
Giant Nontypical
Joined: Jul 2004
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From: Huntsville Alabama
RE: I feel horrible
ORIGINAL: Tikka 30-06
Well guys I'm sure this isnt what you expected when you clicked, but I still feel horrible. Not because I wounded one, but because I missed one. It's a long story and I'm way too tired to type it all, but long story short. I rushed a shot on a nice sized doe and cleanly missed her. Now it's not the rifle, and I feel I am a very good shot. I just messed up and now it's really bugging me! I just wanted to see how many of you guys have missed a deer with a gun?
Well guys I'm sure this isnt what you expected when you clicked, but I still feel horrible. Not because I wounded one, but because I missed one. It's a long story and I'm way too tired to type it all, but long story short. I rushed a shot on a nice sized doe and cleanly missed her. Now it's not the rifle, and I feel I am a very good shot. I just messed up and now it's really bugging me! I just wanted to see how many of you guys have missed a deer with a gun?
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10-09-2007 | 11:45 AM
#24
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 118
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From: Newfoundland - Living in Red Deer Alberta
RE: I feel horrible
We all miss sooner or later! Better to miss cleanly thanhitting, tracking and never finding an animal.
You still have your tag and that doe is still out there! Good Luck!!!
You still have your tag and that doe is still out there! Good Luck!!!
10-09-2007 | 12:03 PM
#25
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Nov 2006
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From: wisconsin
RE: I feel horrible
What kind of fairy tails you been reading? Every one will or has missed at one time or another. Better a clean miss than a wounded animal. Get over it and practice once a week, even if its just a couple shots, and keep hunting. Practice all year, once a week.
10-15-2007 | 05:33 PM
#30
Giant Nontypical
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: Port Neches, Texas
RE: I feel horrible
Sooner or later it happens to everyone! I missed two bucks in one morning a few years back and I didn't even try to make a shot on a third opportunity! I know its hard not to beat yourself up over it, but on the bright side, I'll take a clean miss over a lost wounded deer any day! Better luck next time!