Lets start with my favorite....
- the deer jumped the string
Then in no particular order
- the string hit my sleeve
- the string hit my arm guard
- the sun was in my eyes
- the deer moved as I released
- the arrow hit an unseen twig
- the arrow hit some 'ozone'
- I had a poor release
- I short drew
- I over thought
- the deer was too close
- the elk was a little too far
- my arrow flight sucked, I don't know why...
- a strong cross wind
- the wind was rocking my tree
- my string touched my hat
- my string had stretched a lIttle
- my nock set had moved
- my upper/lower limb hit a ___________
- I blinked at the time of the shot
- my clicker clicked/didn't click
- I should have been using" a tab, glove, long bow recurve, grizzly, woodsman, rage or _____
-I did not have my lucky: hat, socks, underwear, ______on
And lets finish with the most likely cause for a miss, the real reason.
:knothead:
- I LOST FOCUS AT THE TIME OF THE SHOT!!!
:banghead:
Well there you go. Feel free to print this list and take it with you on your next hunt.
Joe
PS Did I miss any excuses?
PS 3 weeks 4 days until I head out for round two, white tails in the mid west.!!!!
I have not had that many shots to have that many excuses, :biglaugh: :dunno:
Solar flares.
Low blood sugar.
Liberal democrats.
Light refracted off some swamp gas oh wait that's ufo sightings.
QuoteOriginally posted by yukon chuck:
Liberal democrats.
:laughing:
That's my new favorite one!
"I lost focus at the time of the shot"
You nailed it. :thumbsup:
Heck most of those look like honest reasons,, Not excuses.
Pretty much all of them say "I blew it" Too honest to be an excuse.
Libs X3 :bigsmyl:
Now lets not turn this into a political debate.
I usually just admit that "I #&@$ed up".
The wind blew that branch right into my arrow.
The tree jumped in front of me.
Gust of wind blew a bunch of leaves out of that tree right as I shot and it obscured my release.
The deer walked right behind that tree.
Can you tell I've hit some trees in my life?
I'm with jsweka, plus that would just simply be another way to blame myself! Let's not forget that all different types of people enjoy this sport!
Mine is the arrow gods didnt like that shot
The gravity was to strong and made me shoot low..Not that I actually dropped my bow arm.
Six days I've deer hunted with my longbow and I already own two of the excuses above for two separate occasions. Plus, I'll add my own excuse everyone who knows about my recent unproductive hunts has heard: The good lord's helpin' me save my tags for something bigger! Third time's a charm (fingers crossed)!
Brink wolf, you kinda stole mine.
Bigfoot is my usual scapegoat. That dude is a prankster.
rwbowman I like your attitude. get out there and you will connect.. Good luck..
No, really, I only had two arrows. :')
My favorite is an excuse a wheelie guyt gave me when he llost a good buck..."man this new bow sends them threw so fast it doesnt cut the deer good enough" i hit the floor.
I don't trust an archer without an excuse for a bad shot. Its out of character for every one I've met.
The deer's deflector shield over was at full power.
I meant to miss him. I'm hunting rocks and twigs.... and the hunting has been great!
"Others have excuses. I have my reasons why."
Took me 7 years to get my 1st trad deer. If you need more reasons for screwing up a hunt then e-mail me...... I got plenty.
"There was a sudden burst of gravity"
Being the true sportsman I am, if the deer seems to be unaware of my presence, i will often fire a warning shot, just so all is fair.
Was shooting a 3D course earlier this year using my Martin Hunter Recurve(bare bow) and grouped up with some friends that use more modern gear with adjustable sights and it was my turn to shoot first. Well I got up there to the stake and with all eyes on me I sent one into the briar patch behind the target, missed it clean.
They all just kinda gasped, I just looked at my bow acting very puzzled and just said that my sights must have came loose.
They all laughed and proceeded to helped me find my winger.
QuoteOriginally posted by misfire:
quote:
Originally posted by yukon chuck:
Liberal democrats.
:thumbsup:
QuoteOriginally posted by huskyarcher:
My favorite is an excuse a wheelie guyt gave me when he llost a good buck..."man this new bow sends them threw so fast it doesnt cut the deer good enough" i hit the floor.
:laughing: :laughing:
If that's the case then my bow shoots so slow I should be left with nothing but hamburger after the shot.
Their was an earthquake didnt you feel it. Lol thats what my nephew tells me after missing his first deer
It's a traditional bow with wood arrows, after all. ;-)
It was George W Bush's fault!!
Bookmarked for later reference. Thanks Joe I was running out of them. I hate to use the same one twice, then it becomes stupidity and not an excuse.
QuoteOriginally posted by jsweka:
QuoteOriginally posted by huskyarcher:
My favorite is an excuse a wheelie guyt gave me when he llost a good buck..."man this new bow sends them threw so fast it doesnt cut the deer good enough" i hit the floor.
:laughing: :laughing:
If that's the case then my bow shoots so slow I should be left with nothing but hamburger after the shot. [/b]
Thats what i was thinking! The sad thing is hat his guy is a pretty accomplished bowhunter....
My favorite: "he was just outside of my effective range"!
Well according to Al Gore, it could've been the altitude.
Dick Cheney was wingshooting behind me...
Drum roll.... :help:
My best one is a looking at my bow with a slight pause followed by either "Huh, whats this bow doing?" or "Well boys it looks like I just suck."
QuoteOriginally posted by Jake Fr:
Their was an earthquake didnt you feel it. Lol thats what my nephew tells me after missing his first deer
I heard that one before jokingly.
The universal excuse:
Global Warming (caused by that rascally Republican, George W Bush) made the air lighter and caused hot wind turbulence that I forgot to compensate for.
You guys missed?!!!
QuoteOriginally posted by buckracks7:
You guys missed?!!!
Well played sir.
:laughing:
Solar flares.
Low blood sugar.
Liberal democrats. :knothead:
Some people have to muss up a funny topic
I led him too much the wrong way
QuoteOriginally posted by Chromebuck:
Dick Cheney was wingshooting behind me...
Drum roll.... :help:
I'd be nervous too!
Here is one more for the list
"I sneezed. Too much ragweeds in the air."
QuoteOriginally posted by Boomerang:
"There was a sudden burst of gravity"
Usually for me it is a sudden lapse of gravity......I have missed high a few times!
Bisch
Good stuff here!!!
When it comes to a miss, only a Trad guy can immediately come up with a positive. "Yeah, yeah,....I know I missed but did you see how nice that arrow flew!"
Great thread!
"My Glasses Fogged Up...." "I breathed Out and a Cool Breeze Fogged My Glasses...." "The Wind dried out my Contacts..." :laughing: :laughing:
My cell phone rang....
My text vibrated....
both just wrong!
Last year's excuse- That deer seemed a little crazy, so I shot the tree by him to scare him off. This year's- I was keeping my face tucked in, so the deer got to walk past my shooting area before I saw him, because there were about a hundred robins pooping on me. Problem with this year's excuse, I am not kidding.
:laughing:
Honey Bee!
Sorry but the only excuse for missing any game is the shooter.
"i will often fire a warning shot, just so all is fair."
This has to be one of my favorites so far.....
and I thought everything was Bush's fault??? :biglaugh:
I always hit where I'm looking; but sometimes I look where I'm m-m-missing! :archer:
Molson's got it right. We always hit what we are aimed at 100% of the time...
I'm with ryan on this one. I may miss by a mile but I always have something positive to say about it! I was shooting at squirrels the other night while I was whitetail hunting and missed probably 6 but they were close misses. I told myself that I knew Id be ok if a deer came in cause I was missing so close with the squirrels and my arrows were flying so good! I was too. Killed me a deer that very night!
Hi I'm packed and ready to head to the whitetail woods for a week of heaven on earth. I hope to not use any of these time tested excuses....
You know, PICK A SPOT and FOCUS.