I'm not about to judge anyone's actions, but I do have this to say. Most hunters don't want to admit to their misses cause all the "perfect" hunters chime in with the "you should reconsider your sport" and "I don't miss" mantra's. I had a terrible day last fall where I missed two, yes two, deer in ONE day. I felt like crap. I posted on here, got ribbed by the aforementioned croud (I did deserve some of it) and moved on. Since then I started keeping an eye on what people posted. Seems when some of these guys dig back into their past, they missed animals too. I posted partly to vent, and partly to fess up to my shortcomings. I didn't think I would ever miss either, cause I wouldn't let buck fever get the better of me, well I did. I had no problem saying how good a shot I was before, now I had to say how bad I was. s**t happens, learn and move on, and don't take anything anyone says too seriously.
Everyone misses, that is hunting. If I killed every deer I ever shot at, there would be a lot more trees without holes in them.... thats the nature of deep woods hunting, or hunting in general. Its what happens when you don't miss, but make a bad shot, and then have to grind it out to the end that makes the difference. We all have to live with our own consciences. I sleep well at night!



















































