Got up in a ladder stand in the back yard today with a shoe box on the ground at about the same yardage the deer was standing. Put a dot on it with a magic marker about the size of a quarter and put 6 arrows within an inch or two of the dot. I am just going to chaulk this one up to the deer dropping and me having a good dose of buck fever.

QuoteOriginally posted by Sam McMichael:
A while back RC made a post on a similar thread and described his shot process. He states that he shoots very low, about even with the line between the brown hair and the white belly hair (and sometimes even lower). He says that he seldom misses from shooting too low due to the way deer often crouch as they make the lunge in response to the sound of the bow. His opinion is one worth listening to. Keep at it and it will work out fine.

this is good advice. I missed a doe last year that was so close that I can't even type the actual distance, from my ground blind. if they hear anything at all, they will drop, and the speed at which they do it is unbelievable. that miss has haunted me for almost a full year. but the truth is, the shot was on, and she just ducked it. I still can't believe it.

I know the pain all too well. I've emptied quivers on em.  

I missed a very nice deer a couple weeks ago...and It makes u sick to ur stomach. But if u hunt long enough it happens. Hang in there...u will get him next time.

Make sure your practicing from a tree stand if your hunting from one.  I shoot almost a foot high from a stand compared to the same distance on the ground.

Mike

Always better to have a clean miss than a cripple.
Bottom line is that we are part-time hunters and they are full time deer.

I missed 2 does today. Almost straight down. 1\\2hour apart. One over the back. One under. Resharpend and ready to try again.   :confused

Probably dazed also.

boy highlow,your not kidding,lots of emotions but I'm over it now and ready for the next adventure

None of us are immune to missing and all veteran hunters have missed.

Practicing the intended actual shots until they are firmly ingrained will serve to reduce the occurrence of the always possible miss.

Best of success to you!