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iowabow:
Aiming isn't not hitting "east African proverb" proven and tested by this "hopless hunter" (name given by my 10 year old son). I have fired my bow 15 times and missed every time. Now I did give one one deer a bloody nose. The arrow made her jump back and she hit her nose on a sapling that left a blood trail. I even thought I hit that deer because i could not find my arrow and there was blood up the trail, after tracking my deer and reviewing the point of impart my neighbor found my arrow in the ground at the spot I fired. There was no blood on the arrow (you can imagine the confussion). You may ask why such bad luck or what is wrong with this guy but i want you to know that i have hunted deer for years with smoke pole and compound with much success. I found that with the primative bow I look at the deer not the spot i am firing at lol and I did not cut large enough arrow lanes (I hit scores of limbs most at 10 or 15 yards) for the primitive bow. Now with all of that said this has been the best hunting season of my life. THIS IS JUST NOT THE SAME GAME. P.S. I Practiced every day this summer.

Sparrow:
 Sounds like you are having alot of fun.  The journey, Eh ! ?  '  Frank

Pat B:
It all changes when a live hairy target steps in your shooting lane!   I missed the first 9 I shot at(over their back) and wounded the 10th(not fatally) before I shot a doe that was standing 8' from my tree, almost straight down which is probably one of the hardest shots. Go figure!  ::)  Since then I have missed one that was way too far to start off.
  Picking a spot is the "trick" to scoring during a hunt but missing sure isn't the end of the world. I would have liked to have just seen a deer on one of my 6 hunts this year.  

iowabow:
I learned to hunt deer much better because I had to set up all stands and blind at 15 yards. Never before did I see and have deer so close and so regularly as during this season. I think in the early season I saw deer every other time I went out. Next year will be very different the transition period will be over. I do have second season starting tomorrow.

Christophero:
I'm right there with you, Iawabow.  I've had them close but I flub it at the moment of truth.  Put a rifle, sluggun or the like in my hands and the animal will die but these simple stick bows really mess with my focus. 
We'll keep trying because this form of hunting has smittened us.

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