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For some of us who haven't brought home any venison, for one reason or another, I thought it would be good to have some back-up excuses for that universal question: "Ya' get yur' deer?"

Ahhhhhh No.....But....

I only got to hunt during the waning mooon.

I only got to hunt during the full moon.

I couldn't get the "new" smell off of my rubber scentless boots.

I only got to hunt between the full moon and the waning moon.

My arrow shelf got wet.

My arrow shelf was too dry and stiff.

My nocks were too tight.

My nocks were too loose.

There was an approaching front.

There was a waning front.

There was excessive, magnetic pull from the alignment of the planets....just as he stepped into my shooting lane.

I couldn't find my truck keys during peak rut.

The garage caught on fire. Deer seldom move when your garage is on fire.

I could only hunt during waning interest.

Just in time George!!!

You forgot mine George....Didn't see any!!!!!

I tell the wife I was daydreaming about the quality time we spend together and when i saw the deer he was out of range...LOL

nice ones george

"My deepfreeze is full and I really don't have room for any more game yet."
"I am waiting to shoot a big Kansas buck in a week."

"I missed"

Simple, yet all-encompassing...
 :bigsmyl:

Oh I could add a few:

It's too Wet...

How do you hunt an east wind?

What's that combine doing in my food plot?

How do you hunt the Oct. Lull? (One of my favorites)

Where did those cows come from?

And that's just from this year..  :bigsmyl:

They just didn't want to play fair!      

He was to big for me to drag out..........

I went to draw back and the bow limb caught my safety harness...just then the bottom fell out of my climber...i was hanging by my straps and had to cut my self down, but couldnt because my broadhead was a mechanical... then I noticed the deer was a really big buck...and my brass inserts fell out... but it doesnt really matter, because my nocking point was too low, my carbon arrows are too stiff and my bow is too long.... I still managed to pull a shot off and miss just by a hair....oh yea! i must of forgot to pick a spot.

My one excuse.

I hit a branch....

This is easy.. "deflection" !!!

Swine flu made me cough just before releasing and I missed.

You're so right George this has been some year. Seems every time I got ready to go out it would start waning. Probably the waniest year I've seen in a long time.

I don't need excuses, though. My arrows always go where I aim them... apparently I don't always aim at the deer.
 :banghead:

It's to hot, It's to windy, forgot to set my alarm, if they'ed cut the corn, this would be a hot spot, and my favorite... its been said but it's so true, I hit a limb!! Jason

George it is really nice of you to think of me. But we really do get up to 200 small earthquakes a day here in utah.

my best excuse - i shot all my arrows at squirrels.  that is also my most fun excuse.

rusty

my other excuse is a pig came by.

rusty

My excuse this year is " I don't know what happened".
Jack

the sun was in my eyes, my horrorscope was bad it said i would miss a deer, but i didnt listen

Always like uncle Barry's, "Just as I came to full draw, I thought I heard a baby cry."

If Joliet Jake were a bowhunter:

-I ran out of gas.

-I, I had a flat tire.

-I didn't have enough money for cab fare.

-My "camo" didn't come back from the cleaners.

-An old friend came in from out of town.

-Someone stole my "truck".

-There was an earthquake.

-A terrible flood.

-Locusts!

Be safe. Stay healthy.

God bless,

José

Too many cows and coyotes...
Not enough deer.   :banghead:

The deer was just to close.

"My wife and mother in law plot against me."

I actually have a real excuse, "The water pump just went out on my car!" Just happened today, arrgghh!!

He was close, but I wanted to see if I could get him in closer. It's the challenge you know, not how far you can shoot! :saywhat:  


My real excuse right now is; I pulled something in my shoulder/neck and can't get out during the rut. I'm seriously in pain right now.

:knothead:
-Charlie

I couldn't remember if I was supposed hunt with the wind or against it. 50/50 chance and Murphy tossed the coin.

My fingers froze to the string.

Winterhawk1960

I picked a spot but it was  between his rack.

> My nocks were too tight.
> My nocks were too loose.

George, this is a great thread, but I need to warn you that I am gonna steal these, not as excuses, but to let friends know how I feel about something they said or an option they shared.   They're great.

Let's say someone says something you don't agree with..."Hey,  I think your nock may be a little loose there."

Or let's say someone makes things harder than it should be..."Hey I think your nock may be a little tight there"

See!

Stay tuned, coming to a thread in the near future! :-)

Everyone knows the Earth wobbles on its axis from time to time...

"I made a perfect 30yd shot on a 17yd deer."

because of the weather they are all up high or down low.....

globle warming....

damn ozone...

there where to many...

if only I had a _______...

if I had a ________ broad head then I....

I can't hit any thing since I got that swine flu shot....

I don't know what happened.  He was only 8 yards away.

I should have been in THAT TREE instead of...

Only excuse that I have is that I didn't follow Carl Roe's advice and go squirrel hunting instead of deer hunting.  :cool:

Too windy!

Not enough wind to hide my movement!

"It's because I wore the wrong hat all season"

He'll be Bigger Next year!

George...Great thread as spent the day tracking a buck I shot...Doc

It's too cold.

It's too hot.

I don't want to get my new bow dirty, muddy or wet!

Season is too short.

Archery only season dosen't fall over the rut.

(True storys)  :knothead:

I agree, great thread.  I like anything tongue in cheek.
How about,

I'm still tuning my setup, so I never got out.

Could only get 26 degrees, not 25, on my single bevel broadheads.  (I shoot Grizzlies and felt like this at first)

Deer just too darn cute to shoot this time.

Couldn't decide if I wanted to hunt from the ground or a tree, deer came by as I was arguing with myself.

Thought I heard an elk bugle in the distance.

My camo socks were dirty and the deer can see my normal Sesame Street ones from a mile away.

Got beat up by a badger for wearing goofy Sesame Street socks.

Game and Fish hauled me in for harassing wildlife (they saw the deal with the badger).

If you use any of these, SEEK HELP!  YOUR NOCK IS TOO LOOSE.

I'm left eye dominant

I shoot a purple bow (purple heart and curly maple)

broadheads are to sharp

I picked the wrong spot

That tree had great tine length

The neighbors horses got out

Squirrels are tooo tempting

My woodies warped

The deer moved. ("my shot sucked" doesn't sound as good)!  :D

Last year's young doe nearly pulled me out of my deer stand when it got tangled in the pull cord and made me shoot high! This one is actually true!

QuoteMy woodies warped

:scared:  
Sorry to hear that Moose, hope you get it straightened out.     :bigsmyl:

It was just too friggin' cute!    :rolleyes:
I felt the shot was too easy.

Craig

Recovering from heart bypass surgery on 10/22   :)

With this warm weather the deer just aren't moving.

Leaves are really holding on this year, ya can't see 10 yards.

I don't really have the money to get a big buck mounted right now anyway.  I like the badger one and a couple others but I can't go back and look or I will have to type all this again.

If your makin excuses before the last minute of the last day I'm pretty sure THATs the reason you NEEd excuses

just go get it done!     :bigsmyl:

I don't think I saw anyone say they used the wrong pin..
That has to be a classic from "The other side"

The deer always showed up in the waning darkness just before first shooting light.

Got a hunting buddy that named his selfbow El Nino. He said, "El Nino gets blamed for everything, so I got a built in excuse for a miss." I'm going with unclewhit-

El Nino

Season is way to short. We have September and ten days during the general rifle season in my areas.

It's getting dark and I only have a maglite

I had too much FOC

My broadheads are $17 each, couldn't risk losing one

I must have reached the point of diminishing returns

Was to busy shooting stumps

global warming

The only time I had too much front of center, was the time I hunted right after Thanksgiving dinner 8^).  

Earl E. Nov...mber,  I heard that quite a bit back in the 60's and 70's from the guys.

I like the one my friend Roger always said, "I missed him the first shot, and hit him the same place with the second shot!"

Of the handful of deer I've seen this season only 1 has been in range and she caught me drawing

There has been a crap load of standing corn

It has been to warm esspecially on the weekends when I can get out

AND the biggie for the swamp that is the main reason why there's always a big 1 or 2 in there...

...the wind blows from every direction and I mean every direction within an hr. A constant or even semi constant wind is almost unheard of

Well my current excuse for not shooting something in the last week is that the freezer space is getting limited.  

Earlier in the season the weather constantly played havoc on the hunting.  I hunted every possible wind direction and usually more than on each day.  I have never seen so much easterly wind.  It rained and blew at least 75% of the days I had off to hunt.  It was too cold and rainy early season.  Too warm now.  The corn is still up.  My cross bow hunting relatives are driving me and the deer crazy with their quad and all the running around they are doing trying to arrow a deer.

I saw a big one, but had my bibs open peeing when he got close enough to shoot....Heard this yesterday.....Roy

The deer have all been living in the wrong state.

Next week .... or Christmas time...

I've been havin' too much fun,just stumpin'!

My job gets in the way...  :banghead:

The public land I hunt is underwater due to intense flooding.  It has not opened to deer hunting yet this season.  Just doesn't seem sporting shooting a deer that's wearing a life jacket.

Besides I haven't practiced shooting while breathing through a snorkel.

Blue tongue, but it's not an excuse.