With a heavy heart, giving up on archery this year

This deer has a g5 montec broadhead stuck dead center of his forehead,I shot this deer with the bow i believe on October 7th and finally finished him off with the 7mm magnum on November third,I have no idea how it hit him in the forehead as I had a perfect broadside shot and when I drew on him he was stretching his neck out reaching for an apple,He did seem to jump the string when I fired but he went down right away and then fell twice more before he reached the woods,I was certain that it would be an easy recovery until i seen the arrow and realized there was only about an inch of shaft missing,I new then that I hit hard bone,I had no idea that bone was his forehead.



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Geez, that centerpunched forehead is a heckuva trophy! Goodonyer for getting him in the end!

I would've had that skull cleaned up and parked in the line of the rest of the strange and otherwise worth saving that I keep, were it mine.

I was out with a fellow CGNer and watched him shoot a buck in the side of the head. The buck had come up out of a river valley, standing broadside, facing left,and was still quite alert, it dropped and swapped ends between the sound reaching it, and the arrow getting there, at ~25 (IIRC)yards, took the arrow right in the base of his right antler. The arrow was recovered a while later, and the buck was seen frequently, none the worse for the experience.

Things start to move really really fast when loud noises happen near a deer. Their life depends on it! :)

Cheers
Trev
 
Bow season starts here this week so this topic is right on time. I just got into bow hunting and as yet have not harvested a deer with one. Loosing one is one of my biggest fears. I have not lost anything with the rifle yet but it will happen someday.

I applaud the ethics of the OP and hope he does not give up. I know far too many people who don't care and will just keep driving bullets/arrows into animals till one drops at their feet.
 
Good on you Horseshoe, I'm sure we've all been there and done that. Be it bow or rifle.

It would be nice if all the hunters out there had as much consideration as you do, you're a definite asset to the sport. Nothing wrong with stepping back and taking a bit of time off and regrouping.
 
Wrong Way, I wish I could have. When she stopped and stood, she was about 35 yards away, but only showing me her ass, with an oak tree between us. I could see her through the branches, but there was no shot. She then walked straight away from me and didn't give me a broadside again until about 125yards.

Been watching and listening for ravens and yotes the last few days, nothing yet...
 
My property is in an archery-only area...but once muzzle and/or rifle seasons open, I'll head out for that for sure.

My confidence in bow-hunting is shaken this year, but (knock on wood) I've never lost one using bullets.
 
Don't give up on bowhunting. You did your best and had some bad luck. It happens to all of us. I lost a doe a few years back, and I lost my first bear a few days ago. I know that sick feeling, and it will haunt you for a while, but that's how hunting goes sometimes. Keep shooting your bow at a target and get back out there. Good luck!
 
Kelly Timoffee said:
Some days you are the windshield some days the bug.
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I read this great book by Kahneman: Thinking Fast and Slow.

Every process is the combination of talent and luck. Think about a pro golfer hitting a shot - sometimes it bounces perfectly! The next day they are 8 over and out of the tourney.

Most people, when asked to 'generate random data' under estimate how many 'runs' exist in random data. much more than we think.
 
kamlooky said:
Maybe you'll have a change of heart and burn some powder.
Just saying.
Never been a big fan of string ka-boom.
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To each their own... I have taken more than 200 big game animals with archery equipment... It is effective and lethal... Within the limits of the physics involved... Just like firearms are effective and lethal, also within the limits of the physics involved... The key is for the shooter to understand those physics and to practice ethical decision making and trained execution.
 
It happens, the good news is you aren't some heartless #### wounding his third animal of the day out the truck window. I've lost a few deer over the years, it's going to happen with all the variables going on. There's nothing worse than that sinking feeling when the blood stops, and it's followed by the worse moment of self doubt the next time you're presented a shot.
 
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