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This year was my first year hunting, and I missed a bruiser buck. We saw few deer in a field and decided to get a closer look. When we got closer, the deer jumped into the bush. My Dad decided to post me by a bush they thought he would run to when he pushed it. To get any sight of the bush being pushed I had to lie prone on top of a small hill that blocked my vision. Dad went through and almost immediatly 5 does and a fawn came trottin' out straight at me. They turned when they saw me, about 30 yards away. As they went by a huge buck with a 8 inch drop tine stepped out of the bush that dad was in and followed the exact route that the does had taken. He came to 30 yards before turning broadside. I had my 30.006 ready and when he turned, I took my shot..."CLICK"! There was no shell in the chamber. My mind raced, what was wrong? The buck now 50 yards away seemed undisturbed by the click of the hammer. I waited for them to enter the next bush. I checked my gun and nothing seemed wrong. Misfire? No. The clip was in, but not all the way. It got jammed on the way in and stayed there halfway in. We pushed the next bush but nothing came out. We never saw the big buck again. Dad will never let me forget this and I know I'll never forget it.

Did anyone else have an agonizing experience like this last deer season?

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No? I'm the only one out there that has a story to tell of the big one that got away? No one has ade silly mistakes that cost them a trophy buck? Or am I the only one with enough GUTS to put it out there?
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WELL I HAVE NEVER HAD ANYTHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN I HAVE HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPEN WHILE HUNTING. ONE OF THE BEST ONES WAS WHEN I FIRST STARTED HUNTING, I WAS WALKING ALONG AND I SAW A GUY HOLDING WHAT LOOKEDLIKE A AK-47 WITH A 30 ROUND CLIP, ALL I HAD WAS A OLD LEVER ACTION 30-30 SO I MADE A QUICK ABOUT FACE AND HAULED BUTT OUTTA THERE.

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I don't want to embarrass anyone out there. I made a stupid mistake and I wanted to know if anyone had something like this happen to them. Robb, I think you made the right choice, I wouldn't want to be in the same general area with a guy that sports an army gun. Just a safety issue. Thanx Duke and Robb for sharing.
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Hunting leaves tracks on my heart and imprints memories in my head.

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I must lead a charmed life, I have blown an opportunity on a doe once, we came out of the woods and because we had to cross a road to get to the truck we unloaded. Well we crossed the road and as we approached the truck three doe bust out of the woods right in front of the truck, I was able to get a shell in the gun and drew a bead on the last doe in line and squeezed the trigger untill I thought my finger would break! Then I realized I had the safety on. The doe hit the woods before I got the safety off.

The Tazman

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I have bowhunted for 45 years now & &quot;IF&quot; I had collected every TROPHY BUCK that I shot at I would be in demand for every sport show in the world. I would make Miles Keller look like a Novice &quot;BUT&quot; since he's got em & I don't-I rest my case. I still had the thrill of the shot.

always thankful

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Thanx for sharing that with us Taz. Good luck in the future.
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Hunting leaves tracks on my heart and imprints memories in my head.

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I have heard of several people sitting in the tree all morning and coming out at lunchtime to discover that their gun was unloaded all morning long. This past season I started my 14 year old nephew to hunting. I placed him in a tree about 60 yards away out of my view. He has lots of dove and squirrel experience. On Thanksgiving morning I had alredy heard a plastic water bottle make a popping noice from his direction. At about 10:30 I heard a snap-click-clack-click noise and a second later he shot. I saw a deer running down the pine ridge at me and started to shoot until I saw a lot of blood running down the deer's side. I watched for a few seconds and saw it fall. This was his first one ever. I found out in a little while that the click-clacking noise I heard was him bolting a cartridge into his .270 Remington 700 after it had snapped on an empty chamber. He had 3 in the magazine but forgot to put one in the chamber before daylight. It was funny to me and yes he was lucky the deer was walking and did not hear the noise.

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Smokepole, I can relate very much to this. The year before I could legally hunt, my dad missed a nice buck. We saw it from the truck so he jumped out and walked to the fencepost to shoot.(You can shoot from the fencepost here in Alberta, it's not considered the road) And he popped the clip in and took a shot. Only thing was there was no bullet in the chamber and when the buck heard the click he was off like a shot and we never caught up with him. Thanx for sharing smokepole.

ps. i changed my name.
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Hunting leaves tracks on my heart and imprints memories in my head.

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I think I posted this once here but...This year opening morning of gun hunting. It was really foggy where we were, and about 7:00 am I hear crunch crunch crunch, but I can't see anything. Then at about 30 yards I see a big bodied deer walking right at me. I sat still so he wouldn't catch me. At about 20 yards all I see is horns...big horns. It walks to 15 yards turns behind a tree, so I get the gun up without it seeing me. It steps out, broadside at 15 yards and stops, puts its head down and starts to munch on leaves. I was mostly thinking &quot;Boy, this one will look great above the fireplace.&quot; So I settle in on the shoulder take a deep breath (He's still eating, broadside in the open) pull the trigger....CLICK. I never saw a deer run so fast...I swear his ass passed his head. By the time I got another shell chambered he was gone, never got him in the scope again. Anyway, I fired the ejected shell later and it worked fine..there was no firing pin mark on it. I figure as I walked out in the dark, the action of my 30.06 rubbed on my side and opened up the chamber just enough that the firing pin never connected. It was either an eight or ten pointer (I think 10), but really wide...I'd guess about 18&quot;. Biggest deer I ever saw hunting, and easiest shot I could ever wish for. I got a six that afternoon, but I still have dreams about that deer.

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Well, I blew it a couple of times when I was hunting during my short career. My first year I was making a push with my dad and brother and my bro. had a .22. Then he saw a deer 1 yard away, laying down, he said something but all we could hear was the sounds of a frightened boy, so I sat down on a log. Then my dad, finally understanding that there was a deer next to him started running toward him. The croch-horn jumped up and ran behind us and I got up twirled around and aimed with my open sights and pulled the trigger. Nothing. I forgot the safty! Then I flicked off the safty and shot and excited shot but no contact was maded.
That year I got a small button-buck.
Then last season I didn't really blow it but I missed a chance at a b&c with a bow. Well, I baught a bow and after school I went hunting with it for the first time. I was have a lot of action around me but nothing within 20yrds.(I only set my bow for 20yrds.)There was the 10pt. p&y 40yrds. away,chasing does, and 2 deer behind me. Finally one of the deer behind ran in front of me and hid in a group of trees, the 2nd deer followed his trail slower so shot and hit. The 1st went to his blood trail and smelt it so I nocked another arrow and shot him too. But now I wish I used my grunt tube to call in the p&y. Because I heard one of the other guys that hunts the area shot a big p&y in the area. Later that season, my bro. shot his first deer, a 4pt. buck, and I dropped a 10pt. buck but he wouldn't make it into b&c.
So I did good sometimes and bad other times but this season I am looking forward to taking 2 p&y that i have been scouting for.

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Well, I blew it a couple of times when I was hunting during my short career. My first year I was making a push with my dad and brother and my bro. had a .22. Then he saw a deer 1 yard away, laying down, he said something but all we could hear was the sounds of a frightened boy, so I sat down on a log. Then my dad, finally understanding that there was a deer next to him started running toward him. The croch-horn jumped up and ran behind us and I got up twirled around and aimed with my open sights and pulled the trigger. Nothing. I forgot the safty! Then I flicked off the safty and shot and excited shot but no contact was maded.
That year I got a small button-buck.
Then last season I didn't really blow it but I missed a chance at a b&c with a bow. Well, I baught a bow and after school I went hunting with it for the first time. I was have a lot of action around me but nothing within 20yrds.(I only set my bow for 20yrds.)There was the 10pt. p&y 40yrds. away,chasing does, and 2 deer behind me. Finally one of the deer behind ran in front of me and hid in a group of trees, the 2nd deer followed his trail slower so shot and hit. The 1st went to his blood trail and smelt it so I nocked another arrow and shot him too. But now I wish I used my grunt tube to call in the p&y. Because I heard one of the other guys that hunts the area shot a big p&y in the area. Later that season, my bro. shot his first deer, a 4pt. buck, and I dropped a 10pt. buck but he wouldn't make it into b&c.
So I did good sometimes and bad other times but this season I am looking forward to taking 2 p&y that i have been scouting for.

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Greets,
All good stories, cant say mine blew a shot but it was still a mistake made and therefore learning experience. My hunting partner shoots abolt .270, with the common trap door magazine. We got out of the truck one morning a couple years back, loaded up and head off up the trail ( closed road actually ) to the stands. about 5 minutes up the raod his ammo drops out of the mag onto the very wet ground.. he hadnt snapped the door closed right and the realease wasnt held. made lotsa noise, but as I said no deer in the sights to loose.


Just my uneducated opinion!
Terry