How do you get over a easy miss

The Whittler · November 11, 2015, 08:54:00 PM

You are seeing deer and you also got a shot. How many are not seeing deer never mind getting to take a shot. I would say you are pretty lucky and next time is the ticket.

Cyclic-Rivers · November 11, 2015, 09:31:00 PM

You get over it by pinwheeling the next one. We all Miss, It happens and is always the archers fault regardless of the excuse.

Keep at it and best of luck the rest of the season.

November 11, 2015, 09:36:00 PM

The best way for me to get over a goof is to get back out there and make a good shot on something.

Bisch

Bud B. · November 11, 2015, 09:43:00 PM

I missed a huge 8 in Oct. Shot would have been a high lung, but he dipped, and thankfully dipped out of the path of the arrow. But man what a memory!!

Better a clean miss than a bad hit, but most, if not all of us, will have both at some point in our hunting adventures.

Gordon Jabben · November 11, 2015, 10:16:00 PM

Man, that's too bad. I don't know how to help you with getting over it but everyone of us that has hunted very long with traditional equipment, have missed some easy shots.

Jakeemt · November 11, 2015, 10:26:00 PM

I'd say whiskey and redheads....works for me man

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Doc Nock · November 11, 2015, 10:32:00 PM

As they told me in MT, "if'n ya never been bucked off a hoss, ya in't rid much"...

Guess that applies to archery...never missed, better hunt with a gun, but it happens to them saps too!

Remember the rush, drink deep of the memory a nd keep on keepin on!

Mr. fingers · November 11, 2015, 10:33:00 PM

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life . And that's why I succeed.
- Michele Jordan

old_goat2 · November 12, 2015, 01:13:00 AM

Get over it? What's to get over? All the fun, none of the work and you get to keep hunting! When the freezer is empty at the end of the season, that's the only hard thing to get over! I missed a bull elk at seven paces the first year I switched to trad, talk about missing the barn door, but it was exciting as hell and never had a big regret till end of the season, heck nothing new there!

woodchucker · November 12, 2015, 03:44:00 AM

Shoot Again!!!

MCS · November 12, 2015, 07:53:00 AM

I don't think you ever do. I think you learn from it.

GRAYBEARD · November 12, 2015, 08:27:00 AM

Thank God it wasn't a wound and learn from it.

stagetek · November 12, 2015, 05:05:00 PM

I don't. I'll never crawl out the window and stand on the ledge, but I never forget them.

RedStag5728 · November 12, 2015, 06:08:00 PM

X2 on rather miss than wound!

Don't feel bad, I missed a doe earlier this year at 7 steps from my tree, shot under her.

Best thing to do is think positively, learn and keep on trying, another opportunity will arise, I guarantee you a big buck will come in close again at some point!

hitman · November 12, 2015, 06:38:00 PM

The opposite can be bad too. I'm 2 for 2 this year so far but you can't get cocky either. Take it one at a time and make the best shot you can. If you practice a lot your skill will come through for you.

Joeabowhunter · November 12, 2015, 08:34:00 PM

You enjoy and remember the encounter. It's not a guarantee and it's OK to miss. It's hunting not killing. Chalk it up to a great experience in nature!

BWallace10327 · November 12, 2015, 10:11:00 PM

I get over an easy miss...easily. No big deal. I don't get over a bad hit, however. I would much rather miss any day.

Stumpkiller · November 13, 2015, 10:46:00 AM

Happens top us all.

And I will say a clean miss is WAY, WAY better than a poor hit.

Shakes your confidence up. So what you have to do is go out and shoot some stumps. I think we get into a pattern where we practice at one distance so the eye and muscle reflex are geared for that. Then a close shot comes and we just pull and release without PICKING A SPOT. I know that is what my post blooper analysis revealed. I was walking back from my stand mid-day a few years ago and a large doe was walking down the same path. I stopped and, at CLOSER than 10 yards, I put an arrow right over her back. D'oh!

So go out in the woods and practice some 5 yard, 10 yard, 15 yard shots.

When I first started bowhunting (still-hunting) I had many, many opportunities that I never capitalized on because I was afraid to draw. Waiting for that perfect moment that never came. I'm not sure if it was buck fever, fear of being made, or just over-awed by being that close to a deer. This is not to say being reckless is called for - but the fact you got a shot off at a close deer is a good sign.

I've also watched deer drop and bolt and it is astonishing how fast they convert energy to motion and dropping to get the legs bent for a push may take them below your arrow.

Wait until the deer appears relaxed and then get the arrow off. Here's hoping you next opportiunity comes soon.