no luck with gun season
12-01-2008, 10:34 AM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: North East Texas
Posts: 3,925
RE: no luck with gun season
ORIGINAL: trailrider894
with a bow i've missed to many!!
with a bow i've missed to many!!
Question, how many deer have you lost?
12-01-2008, 10:38 AM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: North Louisiana
Posts: 3,050
RE: no luck with gun season
ORIGINAL: trailrider894
sorry but don't see how it is possible to miss unless you hit a tree or something. or it was a long shot. i've shot many many many deer with a gun and never once missed dropped every single one in it's tracks. i just kind wanna here the story of what happened. but my gun season was unsuccesful also. i did watch a 18 point that i would say would easily score over 160. on the neighbors land about 500 yards from my stand. i was told to never shoot deer from there land or i will be sued so i didn't shoot it. never saw a shoot worthy buck again the whole rifle season.
sorry but don't see how it is possible to miss unless you hit a tree or something. or it was a long shot. i've shot many many many deer with a gun and never once missed dropped every single one in it's tracks. i just kind wanna here the story of what happened. but my gun season was unsuccesful also. i did watch a 18 point that i would say would easily score over 160. on the neighbors land about 500 yards from my stand. i was told to never shoot deer from there land or i will be sued so i didn't shoot it. never saw a shoot worthy buck again the whole rifle season.
12-01-2008, 10:39 AM
#13
Nontypical Buck
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RE: no luck with gun season
ORIGINAL: trailrider894
sorry but don't see how it is possible to miss unless you hit a tree or something. or it was a long shot. i've shot many many many deer with a gun and never once missed dropped every single one in it's tracks. i just kind wanna here the story of what happened. but my gun season was unsuccesful also. i did watch a 18 point that i would say would easily score over 160. on the neighbors land about 500 yards from my stand. i was told to never shoot deer from there land or i will be sued so i didn't shoot it. never saw a shoot worthy buck again the whole rifle season.
sorry but don't see how it is possible to miss unless you hit a tree or something. or it was a long shot. i've shot many many many deer with a gun and never once missed dropped every single one in it's tracks. i just kind wanna here the story of what happened. but my gun season was unsuccesful also. i did watch a 18 point that i would say would easily score over 160. on the neighbors land about 500 yards from my stand. i was told to never shoot deer from there land or i will be sued so i didn't shoot it. never saw a shoot worthy buck again the whole rifle season.
now I call BS!
12-01-2008, 10:42 AM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: North Louisiana
Posts: 3,050
RE: no luck with gun season
ORIGINAL: trailrider894
nope never missed a deer completely with a rifle. mad very bad shots yes!!!! but never missed.
nope never missed a deer completely with a rifle. mad very bad shots yes!!!! but never missed.
12-01-2008, 10:59 AM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,102
RE: no luck with gun season
IMO not necessary to dump on the guy because of a miss.Misses happen for the most careful of hunters.I admire folks who are very careful in their shot selection but things happen that sometimes cannot be forseen.
12-01-2008, 11:03 AM
#16
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Person Co. NC
Posts: 884
RE: no luck with gun season
Hey, I've never missed with a rifle. I don't shoot unless I have a solid rest, or its a in the woods gimme shot under60 yds.I cant claim that everyone was drt, most ran about 50 yds, a few more, a few less, and afew drt with my ml or a shoulder shot with a rifle. Granted I've only taken32 deer with it and I'm sure itwill happen one day. I do practice constantly and very nearly missed with the biggest buck of my life with a rifle on a gimme shot in a field less than 100 yds away(very lucky spine shot), so I do understand the "choked" factor
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Better luck next year. And practice, practice, practice. It makes the season that much longer
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. Better luck next year. And practice, practice, practice. It makes the season that much longer
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12-01-2008, 11:13 AM
#18
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Jefferson County, Missouri
Posts: 7,684
RE: no luck with gun season
ORIGINAL: trailrider894
shouldn't have said anything. i consider anything that doesn't make it more than 30yds in it's tracks.
shouldn't have said anything. i consider anything that doesn't make it more than 30yds in it's tracks.
12-01-2008, 11:40 AM
#19
Spike
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 70
RE: no luck with gun season
I didn't get one either, but going second season this weekend. I passed on a small 5. Didn't want to waste my buck tag on him. Since my freezer is empty of deer meat I'll take anything that walks by this time, if any thing walks by that is!!!!
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