your nemesis species...

[Car54]

Yelp,  Turkeys, think they have eyes in the back of their head...'course haven't hunted them in a popup blind yet.

[Hummer3T]

Wapiti, those white rump creatures seem to be able to stay out of bow range.  I have had many at 40-80 yards, likely 20-30 a year, but still no elk in the freezer.

On one hunt I remember well I had 7 bulls (5-7 pointers) and fighting over two groups of around 12 cows each.  They all were with in 100 for about 1.5 hours, none came closer that 40 yards.  Ugh!!!

[rraming]

anything with fur, hair or a feather

[Jaxn]

Turkey - I've sliced feathers from at least two without real success.

[twitchstick]

For me it is a quality mule deer. Don't get me wrong I've taken some decent 4x4s but for the amount of monster bucks I've been on I just can't get it done.

[Wiley Coyote]

Turkeys, moose, bear the list goes on......hogs, javelina  

[akaboomer]

Fox for me. Those little jokers are wound tight. When I do get a shot they move three feet from the shot to when the arrow gets to where they used to be.

Also have trouble with big whitetail.  I just can't get them inside the comfortable shooting range. I have let some nice ones, 90-110",  go to try for a bigger one or a doe. The does give plenty of chances usually though.

Chris

[Fattony77]

Originally posted by ceme24:
What ever I happen to be hunting on any given day.  I am consistently outwitted by animals and fish that have brains the size of a pea.

Me, too!!! Lol.

My "Murphy's Law" species is black bear. It seems like no matter what I do, SOMETHING goes wrong! Everything from the season ending on opening day (used to be a quota/limit here in OK), to the Jeep catching on fire when I arrived in camp       and then the gov't shutdown shutting down my camping area.

My "close but no cigar" species is turkey. I've taken (and missed) several shots at them in the fall. Emptied the quiver on one flock. And all of my opportunities have come while stalking/ still hunting, never once out of a blind.

Still haven't closed the deal on white-tails with a bow yet either, after about 9 years of trying and blowing it somehow or another.

Haven't even drawn on a hog yet, though not for lack of trying.

I AM 1 for 3 on armadillos, though!    :D      

[Tony Sanders]

The Wild Turkey period. But I have obtained a new piece of property to hunt, and it looks like it have a good supply of Turkeys. And this spot is not far from my house, and I think this coming Turkey season(April,18th 2014)here in Maryland, just may be the year I break the jinx. Please wish me luck.

 Tony

[Adirondackman]

Turkeys until last May. I'm embarrassed to say that I hunted them since 1988 with a longbow.

Elk now - 7 hunts so far.

[sswv]

hands down the wild turkey with my longbow. I have no problem with other game but DANG, just CAN NOT hit one to save my hide.

[PICKNGRIN]

TURKEY!!!!!!

[kagross]

Man.  Well, woman actually.

[coconutdave]

In two words...."black bear".  

[Littlejake]

Those dang long nose,super spooky,after Pennsylviana gun season whitetail does.

[elkken]

Mt Goat ... in my earlier bowhunting years I was fortunate to have drawn 3 goats tags in Washington. I was snowed out one year, hunted 10 days another year with no shots and drew my third tag in an area void of goats. The state has since changed their draw process lumping all user groups together and your chance of getting drawn are slim to none ... they used to separate bow and fire arms hunters for the draw. I now go up and chase them with my camera ....  

[ak213]

I'm pretty lucky when it comes to finding elk but I can't seem to find a respectable archery mule deer.

[michaelschwister]

Coyote

[John McCreary]

By far elk! I have gone 0 and 8 on them. I've had opportunities, once even had a 6x6 at 8 yards and couldn't get the job done     ...oh how they vex me!

[manitou1]

Turkey... have arrowed 'em in the fall from a tree in my compound days, but never a spring turkey with a trad bow.  Have killed over 50 gobblers non-archery... but the danged things are tough to get with stick and string.
I admire you guys that have done it consistently.  Good on ya!