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so how many times did you guys miss this year.I missed 5 times.
I dont think this thread is about bragging but data collecting so as to gain a better insight to next years hunt. That said this thread should go on as posted and let people post honestly that they do indeed miss. I hate the fact that these so called TV shows with hunters who never miss and harvest nothing but trophies set all hunters up as one shot one kill --ALWAYS! It simply isnt true in 99 percent of cases of those of us being truely honest. Yes there are those who rarely miss and practice alot. At one point I fit that category. I still practice alot but have missed in recent years. Ive missed once with the bow, Ive missed several times with my flintlock, but Ive never missed with a centerfire. I never take the centerfires out of the safe now and hunt strictly with bow and flintlock. Why? Because the fun I have afield. Once the fun stops then I will stop --including the money spent on all such products connected to the sport and that my friend Im sure goes for a good many of us. We all here try to be as ethical as possible-----I doubt that all hunters over the hundreds of years were 100% successful---Let the post run and others I hope are as honest as to their misses and why they missed....Me I had shadows blocking out sapling in the way---simple as that,,,,,,,time to buy a brush hog and cut down future forests!sparkchaser said:Not sure this is something to brag about. While misses can happen to anyone,You can't practice too much. If you are missing , a good question to ask yourself would be why did I miss and how can I improve myself for the next opportunity. I practice my "shots" by holding my rifle and "shooting" the screws on my switch plates .Of course this is with an unloaded rifle. You can set the triggers and pull them while the hammer is all the way down in the pan. Sorry I didn't mean to hijack your post.
Bunky said:I dont think this thread is about bragging but data collecting so as to gain a better insight to next years hunt. That said this thread should go on as posted and let people post honestly that they do indeed miss. I hate the fact that these so called TV shows with hunters who never miss and harvest nothing but trophies set all hunters up as one shot one kill --ALWAYS! It simply isnt true in 99 percent of cases of those of us being truely honest. Yes there are those who rarely miss and practice alot. At one point I fit that category. I still practice alot but have missed in recent years. Ive missed once with the bow, Ive missed several times with my flintlock, but Ive never missed with a centerfire. I never take the centerfires out of the safe now and hunt strictly with bow and flintlock. Why? Because the fun I have afield. Once the fun stops then I will stop --including the money spent on all such products connected to the sport and that my friend Im sure goes for a good many of us. We all here try to be as ethical as possible-----I doubt that all hunters over the hundreds of years were 100% successful---Let the post run and others I hope are as honest as to their misses and why they missed....Me I had shadows blocking out sapling in the way---simple as that,,,,,,,time to buy a brush hog and cut down future forests!sparkchaser said:Not sure this is something to brag about. While misses can happen to anyone,You can't practice too much. If you are missing , a good question to ask yourself would be why did I miss and how can I improve myself for the next opportunity. I practice my "shots" by holding my rifle and "shooting" the screws on my switch plates .Of course this is with an unloaded rifle. You can set the triggers and pull them while the hammer is all the way down in the pan. Sorry I didn't mean to hijack your post.![]()
Buck Rub said:I swear the flintlock is just something special. You can have a group of deer and they hear the bang see the cloud of smoke and then some actually walk closer to see what the heck is that loud smoking thing in winter camo leaning against that tree? I am sure some on here have had the experience of trying to reload as a deer is walking closer to them when the first shot that missed was only at 50 yds. I missed five times this year in one day. Scored on shot #6 the next day the last day of the season.