missed a buck at ~10yrds at last light today. i was on the ground and he came out of a thicket about 50 yards N of me, walking behind a nice sized hickory the whole way. i saw his head and body briefy to the right of the tree then he disappeared - perfect. I drew back and first mishap: my peep is cockeyed, so i'm not getting a full sight picture. then, as I'm looking... what the heck, my TRU GLOW pins are barely visible to me! but here he comes, from behind the tree, facing west and I can see the outline of a rack of antlers - probably a nice 8pt. I settle my pin just back from his shoulder (from what I can see), hesitate a moment and let it fly. first time I've let one go on a deer! third mishap - where'd my arrow go? no light from my lighted nock?? he high tails it out of there, I hear no crash... i walk over to where he was and there's no blood. follow the tracks of him bounding off about 20 yards back - no blood along any of it. clean miss. kind of relieved. never find the arrow.
i think my gear malfunctions were too numerous here. My peep has had this issue of going cock-eyed before and I always fiddle with it to get it right. tonight i didn't have that foresight to make sure it was oriented correctly. my TRU GLOW sight came with my bow, which i bought used, and probably needs replaced since the pins weren't clear in the low light. and the lighted nock battery was almost certainly dead...that arrow I used tonight was one that had fallen out of my quiver leaving an area after a morning hunt and then found going in before dawn on the trail i used to come out.... the nock was lighted for like a week. I had turned it off, replaced the broadhead and figured it was OK....
n00b mistakes but I'm gonna take the bow to the shop to get that peep figured. any sight recommendations would be welcomed. It was an exciting hunt nonetheless, with a smaller 6pt passing me 30-35yrds W around 4:30. I couldn't have got a shot from my setup as I was nestled back in some thick cover.
i think my gear malfunctions were too numerous here. My peep has had this issue of going cock-eyed before and I always fiddle with it to get it right. tonight i didn't have that foresight to make sure it was oriented correctly. my TRU GLOW sight came with my bow, which i bought used, and probably needs replaced since the pins weren't clear in the low light. and the lighted nock battery was almost certainly dead...that arrow I used tonight was one that had fallen out of my quiver leaving an area after a morning hunt and then found going in before dawn on the trail i used to come out.... the nock was lighted for like a week. I had turned it off, replaced the broadhead and figured it was OK....
n00b mistakes but I'm gonna take the bow to the shop to get that peep figured. any sight recommendations would be welcomed. It was an exciting hunt nonetheless, with a smaller 6pt passing me 30-35yrds W around 4:30. I couldn't have got a shot from my setup as I was nestled back in some thick cover.