Patriot
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I really need some help. I THINK what I need help with is knowing when to draw, and perhaps selecting better trees for better cover, but if you think of other stuff by all means please just give advice.
So here’s the summary on me and why I need help. Been doing this 6 years. First 3 seasons I killed does and two small bucks but never saw deer, I killed basically every deer I encountered and never missed those first several deer.
Then 3 seasons ago it all kinda clicked from reading this site, consuming all podcast and YouTube content and then all of a sudden in a low deer density state I’m passing on does every other hunt and I’m getting onto really good bucks for my area anywhere from 3 to 7 encounters per season, all well within bow range, and many great encounters with really good bucks for my area. I’m too ashamed to tell you how many I missed completely and I’m LUCKY that I only wounded one but I know hes alive so that’s good.
So in my opinion I’m pretty good at everything except closing the deal. It’s not buck fever, I’m pretty chill but I def make bad decisions so maybe that is a form of fever?
For all of my mess ups about half are gear related things I think I have corrected, stand kick out bc I forgot to cam it down, freakin broad head flew off on a gorgeous buck bc after weeks of hunting I didn’t think to tighten the BH and I didn’t apply lock tite.
But non gear related mess ups, I’ve drawn too early and held as long as I could but it all broke down. A few weeks ago this nice buck was 18 feet from me but I didn’t draw as he walked in bc he was walking straight at me and I didn’t want him to peg me. But then he was so on top of me he got me anyway.
I’ve hit branches I’ve misjudged distance, I believed I went too far w the heavy arrow and single bevel movement and that lead to more variance to arrow flight path if I miss judged distance. I corrected that by going to auto lock broadheads with lighter arrow and no more brass inserts.
I dunno, I can get on top of them but I find a way to fk it up for many many encounters for THREE YEARS STRAIGHT!!!!
please help. I am so close to putting it all together but I can’t get over the hump.
This pic is zero zoom taken from my tactacam. I could have jumped out the tree and stabbed him lol. But I messed up on him too.
So here’s the summary on me and why I need help. Been doing this 6 years. First 3 seasons I killed does and two small bucks but never saw deer, I killed basically every deer I encountered and never missed those first several deer.
Then 3 seasons ago it all kinda clicked from reading this site, consuming all podcast and YouTube content and then all of a sudden in a low deer density state I’m passing on does every other hunt and I’m getting onto really good bucks for my area anywhere from 3 to 7 encounters per season, all well within bow range, and many great encounters with really good bucks for my area. I’m too ashamed to tell you how many I missed completely and I’m LUCKY that I only wounded one but I know hes alive so that’s good.
So in my opinion I’m pretty good at everything except closing the deal. It’s not buck fever, I’m pretty chill but I def make bad decisions so maybe that is a form of fever?
For all of my mess ups about half are gear related things I think I have corrected, stand kick out bc I forgot to cam it down, freakin broad head flew off on a gorgeous buck bc after weeks of hunting I didn’t think to tighten the BH and I didn’t apply lock tite.
But non gear related mess ups, I’ve drawn too early and held as long as I could but it all broke down. A few weeks ago this nice buck was 18 feet from me but I didn’t draw as he walked in bc he was walking straight at me and I didn’t want him to peg me. But then he was so on top of me he got me anyway.
I’ve hit branches I’ve misjudged distance, I believed I went too far w the heavy arrow and single bevel movement and that lead to more variance to arrow flight path if I miss judged distance. I corrected that by going to auto lock broadheads with lighter arrow and no more brass inserts.
I dunno, I can get on top of them but I find a way to fk it up for many many encounters for THREE YEARS STRAIGHT!!!!
please help. I am so close to putting it all together but I can’t get over the hump.
This pic is zero zoom taken from my tactacam. I could have jumped out the tree and stabbed him lol. But I messed up on him too.