Silvio
Well-Known Member
First of all I like to say I love this saddle hunter plateform. This bow season I've heard some unfortunate stories of guys either wounding or missing a great opportunity on a mature buck. First point, "Everyone" Understand, you never planned on wounding or missing a really good buck. The fact is "it happens to the best of us" maybe more than once during our hunting experiences. The question is, how do you recover from that opportunity and not let it drain your thought process of getting back out there and finding another good buck. Realize many good bucks will die without you ever knowing a out it, and your out there chasing a ghost that doesn't exist anymore. Where I live I've counted 11 bucks being hit by cars on I-75 in the last 10 days. Several of them pretty nice deer. The point is try to understand what happened for making such a poor shot placement. Then make the correction. When this happens sneak out of your stand set up and give it a rest until the following day to recover him. Just three years ago I shot a 130 class buck at 7 yds from the base of my tree, poor shot placement hit his shoulder square. I looked for two days only to realize he probably made it thru. That's a positive in it self. I've also missed a couple along my bow hunting journey that drove me crazy...I said to myself theres no Way I could have missed that 15yrd shot...its a chip shot. Well it happens. I'll say that hopefully you learn from these types of mistakes like I have...its called hunting and having fun. Theres always going to be another hunt and another buck...and hopefully you can say got a buck in the bed of my truck...Good Luck
May The Magic of The Whitetail Forever Enrich Your Life
May The Magic of The Whitetail Forever Enrich Your Life
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