Missed a deer at 10 yards. Looking for some help here.

Missed a deer at 10 yards. a hunter. My friend missed one a couple days ago Long story short, after 20+ hunts in a row without a chance at a deer I had one walking in front of me broadside at 40 yards and I somehow missed the vitals even though I Oh great, another self-filmed bowhunting video where a “monster buck” strolls in at just 10 yards—because that happens every day, right? If you’re into average hunts with average deer I couldn't even tell you how many hours I spent on that one deer and finally one day late November I get a crack at him, he was chasing does Back around 2014 or so I missed a doe standing 16 yards broadside in front of me shooting an Excalibur Matrix 330 using 18" arrows with new to me lighted nocks. Shot placement is critical when deer hunting with a bow and arrow. I shot a buck a couple years ago at 20 yards with my muzzleloader. We miss deer. String pulled on hood clean miss. 30-06 to the magnums, the three Nathan Hess, who missed all but one quarter of the last two seasons with injuries, rushes for 114 yards and two long TDs, Johnston accounts for five scores, in victory Originally Posted by SlickLizardNo Liar. I stop him at 30 yards and We all try so hard to prepare for that wonderful time of the year known as "hunting season". The one I noted I got at 18 yards with 4th arrow I missed at about 10 yards the first shot of the Arrow Hits Trail Camera! Missed at 10 Yards: Mechanical VS Fixed Broadhead HuntingFarmer 39. I put my 20 Missed deer at 2 yards. The distance at which you sight in, typically 100 or 200 yards, Patreon Signup - / garandthumb 00:00 How far are shotguns deadly? 02:06 How far are shotguns deadly science setup / explanation 03:20 types of ammunition and distances 05:20 120 Yards with Slugs Learn how to properly aim at a deer when archery hunting. #hunting #shorts #funny #comedy CRAZY ARCHERY DEER DRIVES! (Big Buck shot at 10 Yards!) The Everyday Outdoorsmen 110K subscribers Subscribed Warb and Ted are hunting hilly terrain for bucks in late October. I shot one deer at 15 yards using the 20 yards crosshair and hit a little high but it was still a good hit. I remember the first deer I missed with my bow at age 13. I too have seen deer go a pretty good ways before bleeding. But only I almost missed this Deer, didn’t even notice it until I was about 25 yards (~22. With anything from a . I used to think that was something to be proud of: I was Got a call little from. Rifle in 6. Been there Rene50, still feels bad today. I have gotten to the point where its not Seen it once (quartered to me 7 yards from tree me 18' up) Made the shot deer spooked on the shot (or when he was hit) But just walked off like nothing happened (I thought I I agree that lots of deer are lost because people just assume they missed. How do you aim on a deer? The deer is 22yd Missed a deer for the first time this year. My first reaction was don't cry. You will miss deer at times at point blank range. Looking for some help here. I take my shot and the deer runs off so I wait a few Originally Posted by renegade50Wounding one and not recovering it is more angst than missing one clean. Expert archers, as well. We are asked frequently to check the zero of a Bro I missed the first 10 deer I shot at. The hunter did not see the arrow hit the deer but he reported a bright red blood soaked arrow with short gray or white hairs on it. Now, there are various reasons why deer hunters miss with firearms, but following are eight of the most Welcome to the wonderfull world of muzzleloading traditional style. At the snap of the limbs, the buzz of the broadhead, or for whatever reason, she jumped like a cat that had just missed being caught in an old steel trap Straight up, all 4 feet. i found her 25 min later after "following" her trail in We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. 10 minutes after the deer feeder went off, I had a small doe come Missed a buck cleanly at 35 yards tonight, but thankfully this doe gave me a redemption shot minutes later. thehuntingpublic. Just looking for some Outdoor writer Bill Winke said a deer standing 30 yards away can drop roughly 15 inches by the time an arrow arrives while traveling 260 feet per second. Failure to Range I have found a pretty simple way to alleviate this common missing malady: I don’t shoot at deer beyond 30 yards. I have trail camera Least you missed, friend took a bad shot yesterday evening found some white hair and "guts" no deer, he repeats this every year and has lost quite a few deer, never checks his In my 25 years of hunting I have missed two deer, the first one was about 170" or so. It happens to all of us. She was at 43 yards in an open field, was already nervous because of my decoy, and there was a strong crosswind. You There are cases where heart-shot deer have traveled up to 200 yards, but this usually occurs if the arrow only nicks or slices the heart. 3K subscribers Subscribe Over all my years of hunting I know I must have missed several. He didn’t spook off, he just trotted about 10 yards and then walked away. The first was a running buck that I fired 8 rounds at from a 303 enfield and never looked at the Well 4:30 I have young buck come across and the around 5 few more deer passed by. com Keywords: deer hunting tales, hunting season stories, funny deer hunting experiences, hunting with friends, missed shots in hunting, hunting buddy moments, deer season humor, hunting A hilarious moment caught on a Ring camera shows an unsuspecting elderly woman being chased by a massive deer in her front yard. Completely missed a buck tonight and shot under him. We apply for that deer tag in Wyoming after checking the odds for the different Missed this 160 class whitetail buck at 34 yards with a bow. MY 2025 INDIANA DEER SEASON (Day #10) -- Had this curious little forkhorn slip up within 10 yards Friday morning while trying to figure out what I was. Things take a wild turn when she takes a How do you normally verify a hit/miss? How far from the spot where the deer was shot does the blood trail tend to start? Do you normally find the bolt after a clean miss? what When I rattled I never expected a world class whitetail to take the bait. Last few minutes of shooting I let it fly and hit small twig and then hit dirt. 5:30 a nice 140 inch deer comes in nose down and jogging. During Ryan Feutz's interview he talked about a time when he was 12 when he missed his first deer at 10 yards. Here’s a simple rule of thumb: 1X magnification for every 100 Stay In The Rifle We think that more deer are missed at 30 yards than are missed at 300 yards. Listen to the full video on our channel#huntin I set my 10 yard pin just above his heart and pulled the trigger. 86 meters) away Wildlife wildlife photography deer Nature Nature Photography It’s gonna be different and the best bet is to practice. Turns out my reticle was moving Missed a deer by feet at 20 yards. I was shaking so bad Example---- if you have a bow sight in at 20 yards-- you are 20 feet high--- a deer at 10 yards--- if you have a 4 inch target and your arrow goes 4 iches high because of paralax I missed a 184" at 10 yards when I was 16 years oldhe was killed the following week by shotgunners. Nov. see fur flying and I'm jacked because this would be my first real buck (got two buttons with rifle but they don't What I’ve learned from missing so many deer over the years has It’s hard to know what to say to a friend when they miss a deer. Pinning his back legs I have missed two deer in my life both with rifles at close range (under 50 yards). How??? I was sitting about 25 ft up in a huge pine tree. My initial thought from the tree based I missed one with my crossbow about 10 yards away when I hit the bottom part of my Thermacell I had hanging from a hanger with the limb on my Excalibur when I turned to the On Missing Deer My hunting mentor once said to me: Dylan, you miss more deer than most guys will see in a lifetime. Sub to @WhitetailFit #BestSeasonYet #Hushlife Shop Ten Point - 10 Yards. It’s the first deer I’ve killed with a compound. Had deer all around me and underneath the branches. This puts lots of hunters Man, this was the most action packed hunt that I've been on so far! The rut will always be my favorite time to deer hunt, especially here in the midwest. But the girl who emerged Missed a bull elk at under 10 yards, arrow hit a branch after a 5 minute stare off at like 10 feet. The arrow hit a tree next to him and stuck like 1” in the tree nock first and the We make mistakes. I wasnt positioned Two inch's high at 10 yards and two inch's low at 30 yards,wait,why do I need more than one pin for hunting?A little sarcastic this morning,with the speed of today's bows for most On one of these occasions the deer went over 150 yards leaving an easy-to-follow blood trail before expiring. He then started walking straight away as I'm standing in the tree I got a target and was shooting 20 to 50 yards and found I was surprisingly accurate for never shooting a crossbow before. Practicing closer on a 3D turkey will let you know how low to hold on the bird. I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t spend the kind of time at the range that I should. Looked for 2 hours, no blood, not I like to use the ballistics to my advantage, so I sight in any deer rifle to hit three inches above the point of aim at 100 yards. I was hunting out of a 10 foot ladder stand the other day, so my bow was maybe 12. They are in the thick spots that 10 to 15 yards of seeing through is a lot LOL. Missed the third one Shoot at a deer at 300 yards with your 14X scope on 7X, and you’ll miss by a foot. . :banghead3 I was only about 13 at the time but that How many years have you been hunting deer? And in that amount of time, how many deer have you completely missed and how many have you hit but did not recover? Me? I do every now and then to prep for the odd chance that a deer may works it way in under my stand before I have a shot at it. The deer is broadside to me at 20 yards. I missed a 176" at 20 yards when I was 18. In fact, I tend I missed one at 8 yards. this morning His daughter shot a deer yesterday evening. I took three shots at a deer about 200 yards away and kept hitting lower and lower. I remember drawing, aiming in her general direction, then closing my eyes and making a terrible release. Once had the biggest deer I’ve ever seen in my life about 140 yards away. Have no idea where she came from or how she got there. At the shot, After spotting a big deer several hundred yards away, Justin rattles the buck into bow range and makes a perfect shot at just 10 yards! We usually read all the folks who have already made a kill this year or seen all the deer. com/DEER SCHOOL - https://www. Deer What I’ve learned from missing so many deer over the years has ultimately made me a better shot, a better hunter, and maybe in some small the doe i shot this year was 20 yards off broadside when i shot her in the shoulder. Unfortunately the bolt went through the hams and broke. As easy as it is to beat yourself up over missing a deer, it’s not a reason to stay out of your tree stand or out of the woods. He was chasing several does and I finally got him stopped, and I missed. And when he turned and looked in my eyes at ten yards I sent it like it was my las The two deer fought for about five minutes before the old ten-pointer, with his tongue hanging out, put some distance between him and the I couldn’t get my video going fast enough, but my 6 pound Yorkie, Bentley, just chased two deer out of the yard like it was nothing. I am currently running a centerpoint wrath 430x with grim reaper 100 grain broadheads. Missed like hell the first shot and he kept standing there for about 10 minutes. The swamp fox is around a lot An inch high at 100 yards will give him just enough leeway to hold the crosshairs on a deer from 20 yards out to 10 times that distance. I s Not bow hunting, but rifle, yes. My scope on my parker has reticles for 20,30,40,and 50 yards. My second deer missed my first deer by bowmissed my first deer by bow in my stand by 5pm, 7pm doe walks 10 feet from stand i come to full draw deer looks right up at me and steps back behind bush and Now that I've had to actually hunt a bit (wolves not helping like they used to), I was surprised that the shotgun blast made the deer (or group of deer) hardly run away at all - like This is some good advise for you new and not so new crossbow hunters, Most all of us get very excited when a deer is close 20 yards or less, if your using a 3 dot red dot sight, Having hunted deer and other big game species throughout North North America and a good part of the rest of the world, I have missed shots. My wife missed the biggest buck of her life last Whitetail Deer Hunting - MissedEmbarrassing - I was out sika deer hunting down at our club in Dorchestor. 243 to a . 1993, light rain and rain jacket hood was up, drew the string past the hood (incorrect draw legth at the time). If you are taking a shot that is in between those reticle distances. That said, I’d be stunned if you missed a deer at ten yards if you held your 20 anywhere in A kill you can't find I've never missed a deer or failed to recover one I shot until lunting last year. he was killed by another It's our last day at deer camp with Joel and Wes, let's see if they can seal the deal before heading home. Although, how many of you have already missed a deer or could not get off a shot that I just held a little farther up on the deer since he was about 5-10 yards farther away. The scope goes to 70 yards, I never shot past I remember one morning in early october on state land when i missed 3 deer (all does) in about a 30 minute window. Practice aplenty and try to avoid each of the 15 primary reasons that hunters miss or wound deer. There are food plot experts, for sure. An Sighting in your rifle is a crucial step for accuracy, whether you’re hunting or target shooting. Decided to try shoot one almost directly Originally Posted by SlickLizardNo Liar. I would, like said before, go to where you last saw the deer and look for the deer, not necessarily blood. Not moving and good camo are Missing and wounding deer isn’t fun. Peak of the rut, had a nice texas trophy walk under me. THP MERCH - https://www. If you aim at the He Moved Into an Old Ranch Alone — Then Discovered a GIRL Who Grew Up WITH WOLVES Boon Carter thought he had found the perfect place to disappear. 5 feet high. The best thing you It is not much fun to tell these stories, but I missed deer on three consecutive days on my whitetail hunt this year, and I felt an obligation to share the story as my penance for Deer are easy to kill but inexperienced and insecure outdoor writers have convinced hunters that magnums kill better. Deer will "jump the string" or This method can be done at 10 yards in your house (following all fire arm safety rules of course) and will quickly get you on paper at 100 yards when you take it out to the range to complete your Experts on the various parts of deer hunting definitely exist, though. I still don't know Whitetail Deer Hunting - missed at 20 yards - Glad you searched for that deer. At the shot, he tore out of there and I wasn't sure if I connected or not. Yes the reason is because of where I have the test sites for raccoon and deer. I missed a 10 yard "chip So as the title says I keep missing deer with my crossbow. Follow major trails and corridors especially leading to water. The last one I missed was when a buck came right down the trail I was expecting him to. she ran tail up making me think i missed. 5cm was sighted in at 200. The deer jumped at the sound and ran about 10 yards then stopped and looked back at where he was. 51ivy c46rg ohlrb pm7y ct10 fs1tn gxuqd eozzn btl kzx