This was inspired by Magnus . I thought I would make a book/pamplet from all the excuses I can come up with for missing a deer/animal. I don't know if it will be publishable, but I'm going to try. So, this is what I'm asking. Can everyone come up with as many excuses as they can and type them here. I will be using you screen name if you don't mind. I would also like your input.
My arrows where car sick from the drive to the hunting area thats why I missed. yea thats it
Ooooh! Hit my arm guard.
There's only one excuse that I can think of, Operator Error.
ooh... the sun was in my eyes..
...hit my shirt sleeve..
...must be time to re-fletch..
... the biggest deer id ever saw.. must have got the fever...
... my clicker didnt click...
I will have more as the season goes on. lol my friend has some good ones..I hear them everytime he goes out.
There was a limb, stick, twig, leaf, etc. that I didn't see before I shot. That deflected the arrow.
These are new arrows, must be spined wrong from the manufacturer.
"That animal is way too big... I am used to hitting smaller targets."
This is actually what a friend of mine said after missing his first 6x6 bull.
Deer ducked it.
Deer jumped it; or jumped the string, or jumped in some way.
Deer backed away from it.
Deer outran it.
Deer skipped momentarily into a parallel dimension.
Deer used a Jedi mind trick on me.
Deer made effective use of cover.
Deer was evil manitou shape shifting spirit.
Squirrel climbed up my pant leg and distracted me.
Hit my arm guard (I learned that one from Bowhunting October Whitetails video).
Horse fly bit me just as I hit anchor.
Actually that morning the sun came up in the west and I was not prepared for the light in my eyes as my stand is set up for an east rising sun.
In my area there are upwards of 100 small earthquakes a day that most people don't feel but I do.
I usually go with "I stink"
He was too small, so I just shot that tick off his back.
I just wanted to run a flight test with my arrow and to see if that deer could hear my bow on release!
I like looper's reply.
A bird landed on my arrow head when I wanted to release
"Am I supposed to keep an eye open when I shoot"?
Or,
The Deer closed its eyes, so I missed.
Matt
In Kansas,
Wind too strong...
Wind not strong enough...
wind out of wrong direction...
wind shifted....
We can always blame it on the wind.
I was'nt holding my tongue right.
And just as i released my arrow my smart phone vibrated with an email that my new bow was at the post office,,,
My excuse " man,I just don't know what happened!"
I had a wardrobe malfunction.
Man, my adrenalin was pumping so hard I overdrew to 72 inches so when I released there was so much force it turned by carbon arrow inside out and would have run him through nock end first if I wasn't just a tad high.
My glove slid down my finger tip and threw off my release.
You mean I was supposed to hit it?
I've got a buddy that missed a big buck and his excuse was that I didn't cut a shooting lane for him:)
I was shooting to the east of my stand and the Earth's magnetic field attracted my steel broadhead to only hit the earth because the sun rises in the east and throws off the solar gamma rays in the afternoon, and the deer was not magnetic enough to compensate for the spin of the earth or the tide pull of the moon. So I missed.
I am sticking to this...
"I aimed for the duck, but it didn't duck."
i knew alluminum arrows were a bad idea...my arrow had to be bent before i shot...ya ota see it now after skiping off that tree that got in the way.
I was trying to kill that tree behind the deer
"I wanted to see just how spooky these deer are so I fired a warning shot over his back."
I'm really a member of PETA; just educating all these animals to be afraid of evil hunters.
Batteries going dead in my rangefinder.
Should have ate breakfast.
Drank too muck coffee.
I held to long before I released and that sapling grew into the path of my arrow.
It was really cold and I didn't allow for the stiffness of the air.
I forgot I was right handed.
My facemask was crooked and because my view was slanted it threw me off balance.
I forget to put on my glasses before leaving for the woods.
I was testing to see if my efforts to silence my bow were 100% effective.
Used the wrong pin!
Dude I missed on purpose cause it isn't even squirrel season. I was testing to see if you'd call me on it.
This bow is really shaky
Here's one I hear all the time.
Forgot to pick a spot!
I once heard a guy who shook his hand while he released and he said,
"I was trying to feed the arrows through the trees"
Needless to say, that loud crack I heard was his arrow....hitting a tree!
The bottom limb hit the stand at release.
I was to colded, so I just didn't shoot because I knew it would hurt my fingers. :biglaugh:
His legs were to short, or to tall, depending on whether you shot over or under.
Great responces y'll. Keep um comming
Is that it? Surely y'all have more :help:
This bow is a P.O.S. I need to buy a new one.
I anchor in the corner of my mouth. The deer was so big and close that I had him counted thats when I
smiled and changed my anchor
Before the shot I thought, should I drag it myself or should I go get help? Hmmmm missed, wrong thought proces.
I should have used my lucky arrow!
Evening thermals pushed my arrow down too low...
What deer? That was practice.
I like to fire a warning shot to make it fair.
grabbed the wrong arrows when I left.
I grabbed the wrong Bow when I left.
No I didn't see anything.
didn't want to use my only buck tag.
I was so excited I farted upon release
I heard one today.
I underestimated the distance, turns out he was 50 yards, I thought he was only 30.
had to take a poo
my favorite is 'the deer jumped the string', which is code for 'I screwed up'.
another common statement is, 'it was a good hit, maybe a little far back'. When I was gun hunter we'd call that gut shot.
I normally shoot a foot to the left. He was facing west that's why I missed, if he was facing east I would be eating venison right now.
The one I use "I just got a new pair of glasses, they changed the prescription".
My wife don't like mounts in the house...
(heard it on a bushnell commercial, still makes me laugh).
Beautiful buck, first he ducked under the arrow and then he jumped over it, it's not my fault :knothead:
gosh dang gravity!
i thought the gritter was gonna walk INTO the arrow.
One I learned from Wensels, "Just as I came to full draw I thought I heard a baby cry."
I forgot to lick my arrow and it didn't stick.
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Shoulda practiced from my tree stand more.....
I fell over backwards off my Nifty seat, twice in one week. Not really an excuse, but now I cannot remember the excuse I had for not using my Huntmore chair.
Must have plucked the string!
that recurve just shoots flatter than my longbow!
I just blew it, dont know how, but I blew it!!
Must have shot the spine out of them arrows!!
The wind made my arrow plane...
God Bless,
Nathan
I aimed at the whole deer....
I didnt want to do all that gutting anyway...
The Tree My Stand is in MOVED for Some reason...Scared the Poo Outta Me just as I was About to Release!!!
QuoteOriginally posted by Stumpkiller:
I forgot to lick my arrow and it didn't stick.
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too funny Charlie
My arrows were cut too short and they didn't quite make it to the deer!
He was far to close thought i would back him up alittle
Gotta see em to miss em! I was sleeping!
QuoteOriginally posted by GRINCH:
I was so excited I farted upon release
Too heavy a bow will cause that sound too!
Charlie,
That sleeping excuse sounds like me. I couldn't tell you the number of times I have fallen asleep on a stand. Of course, that way I miss seeing the deer. When I miss hitting them it is the magnetic field making me miss.
Hope you are well.
Joe
A hawk thought my headnet was a squirrel....just as I was about to release.
My true excuse: The buck was too close, I didn't know where to put the arrow!
My favorite excuse after reading this thread: To keep it fair chase, I first fired a warning shot over the head of the deer.
My new best excuse: Due to the intense magnetic activity of the sun causing an electric arc, the arrow veered off course.
Unfortunately, this rare phenonenon is due to re-occur on the 15th, my next hunting date.
"I had to take two steps to the left to get a clean shot, in my excitement I forgot I was in my hang on stand". :scared:
It's the economy's fault...At the moment I was about to release I remembered I had called in sick and there was no way my boss wasn't gonna hear about this big one so I missed on purpose so i could keep my job.
Bow mis-fired!
Arrow fell off the string due to a defective nock just as I released.
The noise from the dry fire killed the buck from a heart attack but with no bloodtrail I never was able to find him.
I missed a good shot today, heck....I couldn't hit my butt with a banjo!
I'm sure that buck had an invisible force field around him and it deflected my arrow.
Wind blew the arrow...
Forgot the air is thinner at this altitude and didn't compensate for lack of drag.
Mountain biker got in the way.
I had gas.
Elk had gas.
Forgot to turn the coffee pot off at the wrong moment.
Freak lightning bolt scared me.
I set the alarm for 4----------PM
String hit my jacket pocket.
My bow has a faulty release apparatus (me).
Every time my arrow misses, it's because of the big jerk on the bowstring.
My son moved and scared the deer.
My son stepped on a stick and scared the deer.
My son made a noise and scared the deer and scared me.
Pilot error
Someone back in camp said my name just as I drew. Every deer and elk in the valley heard my name and headed over the divide into the next management unit!
My cell phone rang while at full draw. (this actually happened and resulted in ringer being turned to the "off" mode while hunting)
I did not miss, I meant to just scare that one away!
this happened to me this year. 7 pt. was 10 yds away and did'nt kown anything was wrong. had perfect wind. he turned to look away, and when I drew the arrow back my elbow touched the tree that my ladder stand is in and the arrow was on its way. 16"low. Never got to anchor!