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johnston:
John we are all pulling for ya. Please just go find a deer and kill the damn thing.
Lane
iowabow:
lol I know man! this is really an unbelievable tale With each shot I think this is it and then I come up empty. Everyone should get a laugh out of what you are about to read. I was a medal winning military shooter that competed against other branches and countries. At that time I worked really hard to be a great marksman. I approached this challenge with the same attitude, I worked really hard to be the best marksman with this bow that I can be. I have only been doing this for 1 deer season and this is my second so I am not going to be to hard on myself. Now on the other hand I have had more than my fair share of chances. The count is 25 shoots no deer but the up side is that I did not have to shoot 18 times for the next hit so I am getting a lot better. This year I have fired 5 times, got hair on one deer, hit twice and two clean misses. These are deer that I watch all year from the house so I feel real bad about the bad hits but I know that they were not fatal. I try real hard to focus on the next hunt and not on the failures. Each hunt teaches me how to react for the next one. I am getting real good at running through the process to make a good shot. Now 25 shots is still something to be proud of because that takes some really good hunting skills to accomplish that! I am a much better hunter now because I have been hunting primitive. Sorry for the long post.
johnston:
A primitive bow is the hardest thing to shoot well that I have ever tried. I have been involved with competitive firearm shooting for almost 45 years . Had three ranges set up just down the road at my father-in-law's farm. When he died a couple of years ago the family decided to cut the timber so that a little money would be there for the ma-in-law. All of my ranges were destroyed. That was the incentive for me to take up archery full time cause I gotta shoot something. Never intended to build bows. That just sorta happened. Haven't been at it but about 18 months. Guess I am better than I was but sure have a long way to go.
You are having a truly memorable time period in your hunting life. Twenty five shots at deer in less than 2 seasons. At bow range.If you ever decide to sneak up on me , tell me first. And John, as you already know, a 40# bow will easily do the job. Don't blame you for changing up in fact it makes perfect sense.
You next shot should be at that damn monkey on your back.
Lane
iowabow:
I finish the bow and took it out for a short hunt tonight. I had a buck walk right into the stand and stop at 40 yards and just stand for about 10 mins. Then he laid down and just looked forward in my direction for and hour while I stood and tried to shift my weight from foot to foot. Then stood up and walk around at forty yards for another 45 minutes then walked off. Now this sounds like a real bad deal but it was the buck that I saw fighting at the beginning of the season. This is the buck that lost an antler. I was not real excited about shooting a 2 point buck. All I could think of was a picture of me with my first deer with a busted rack. Truth is I would have been glad to have the meat. Kinda cool to spend 3 hours deer hunting and have 2 hours of it filled with watching a deer. I have his timing down now!
H Rhodes:
I have missed about a dozen deer with both compounds and recurves.... All shooting over them....
I watched an old vhs tape slowed down of archery kill shots. A whitetail deer's first move at the hint of danger is straight down. Like a runner dropping into the starting block. They are faster than our arrows, I promise you. I started shooting for a point about midway between the heart and the deer's knee. I started making nice heart/lung hits after that. I still miss some deer, but it sure has gotten better.
Pick a spot... where he will drop to when your arrow arrives. This tendancy to shoot high is magnified when you shoot from a treestand. I have gotten best results from placing my little lock on stand about six to eight feet off the ground. I don't think you have to be that high off the ground to be effective.
Your equipment and your shooting are fine.
Hope this helps. anyway, I certainly admire your tenacity. Good luck.
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