Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New Trophy's
New trophy room comments
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Classifieds
Trophy Room
New items
New comments
Latest content
Latest updates
Latest reviews
Author list
Series list
Search showcase
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Tennessee Hunting Forums
Deer Hunting Forum
Bad experience ever end your season?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="CharlieTN" data-source="post: 5778272" data-attributes="member: 10893"><p>Your reaction is normal, and honestly I would be worried if you didn't feel that way. Bad shots stink and as an ethical hunter we do everything we can to avoid them, but they still do happen, even to the best. There are so many things that can happen that lead to a bad shot. </p><p></p><p>But the thing to do is as others have mentioned, spend time using this is a learning moment. What can you do different to make sure it doesn't happen again? What can you learn from this? </p><p></p><p>I've had a couple of these learning moments. My very first archery deer was a gunshot on a doe. Made a stupid mistake and hit her solidly in the guts at only 10 yards from the tree. What bothered me so much is that she had to suffer, and I wasn't able to recover her as I had prior commitments I could not get out of so was unable to return in time to keep from wasting the meat. I have replayed that scenario over and over again to learn from it and to make sure I do better in the future. Since them I've been blessed to take another couple of deer with a bow, both good shots, both quick kills. But as I draw back that bow on a deer, the lessons learned from that first mistake replay in my head as part of the shot process. </p><p></p><p>Personally I appreciate your perseverance to do all you could to bring the situation to an end and to recover the deer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CharlieTN, post: 5778272, member: 10893"] Your reaction is normal, and honestly I would be worried if you didn’t feel that way. Bad shots stink and as an ethical hunter we do everything we can to avoid them, but they still do happen, even to the best. There are so many things that can happen that lead to a bad shot. But the thing to do is as others have mentioned, spend time using this is a learning moment. What can you do different to make sure it doesn’t happen again? What can you learn from this? I’ve had a couple of these learning moments. My very first archery deer was a gunshot on a doe. Made a stupid mistake and hit her solidly in the guts at only 10 yards from the tree. What bothered me so much is that she had to suffer, and I wasn’t able to recover her as I had prior commitments I could not get out of so was unable to return in time to keep from wasting the meat. I have replayed that scenario over and over again to learn from it and to make sure I do better in the future. Since them I’ve been blessed to take another couple of deer with a bow, both good shots, both quick kills. But as I draw back that bow on a deer, the lessons learned from that first mistake replay in my head as part of the shot process. Personally I appreciate your perseverance to do all you could to bring the situation to an end and to recover the deer. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Tennessee Hunting Forums
Deer Hunting Forum
Bad experience ever end your season?
Top