I had my Hawken out for the hunt, loaded with 90gr FFg, felt wad and a home cast Lee R.E.A.L. bullet. i had a doe in a field at the edge of the woods, so I put the stalk on. I got closer and she finaly spotted me, I thought I was farther away than I was and I shot over her back. Man was I mad at myself, I got so caught up in the hunt that I did not realize how close I actually got. I was so excited I thought my heart was going to jump out of my chest, this is so different from hunting with a centerfire gun, reminds me alot of hunting with traditional archery equipment. I am HOOKED!
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And now the fun begins. Good luck to you.
At least you got a shot. I didn't even get to shoot my rifle until it was time to clear the barrel this year.
From my rabit hunting days I know that you have to focus and calm yourself to hunt succesfully. If you are all in the moment and your heart is racing your judgement and aim will be off. Next time take a moment to center yourself and slow down your heart.
From my rabit hunting days I know that you have to focus and calm yourself to hunt succesfully. If you are all in the moment and your heart is racing your judgement and aim will be off. Next time take a moment to center yourself and slow down your heart.
That's tough.There will be other days.Good luck on your next shot.Griz
I get that way over a simple bunny....roundball said:
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I too have killed lots of deer (and other fine game as well) over the years,a couple that any man would be proud of and I still get this feeling as well. I say the day your heart stops racing when you have game in your sights is the day you have lost touch with the true meaning of the hunt.cynthialee said:
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And me :haha:
All this range time is fine but I do like a shot or two at things whilst actually dreaming it is a critter large or small.
Always was good at dreaming! :hatsoff:
Brits.
hanshi
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Being in Georgia you will get many more chances. That's truly a great state for deer hunters.
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There will be other days. Good luck on them :thumbsup:
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Sorry to hear that, give her a few days and maybe she'll be back.
I am ok with the miss. I got into this because I was tired of the "BANG FLOP" of modern center fire hunting. I no longer got excited over a deer when I was hunting with my centerfire rifle, I guess it got too easy, I wanted to put the "HUNT" back in huting.
hanshi
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I've had about the same proportion of "bang-flops" with prb as with modern rifles. A well placed prb is absolutely NOT a slow killer.
I was not refering to the ability of the modern projectiles ability to kill quicker,better, or more dead, my refrence was to the see the deer shoot the deer. With a modern scoped, well set up rifle, if I could see them I could kill them. I first saw the deer at close to 135 yards, with a modern rifle click goes the safety, bang goes the gun, and flop goes the deer. Sneaking across the dirt road to put the edge of the hill between me and the deer, and then closing the distance on her to the point that I could see her eyes and expression change, when she finally figured out that there was a new bump on the side of the hill. That is what got my heart to thumping and my mind all screwed up, if I could have just remembered I closed the distance, maybe the outcome would have been different.
