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Thanks all! Gonna have to try the rubber cap ideas. This weekend, I put a wadded up piece of orange flagging tape in between the lowered hammer and nipple. I also put a piece of scotch tape over the muzzle. Hunt is over. Sat all day Saturday and saw three does running at about 75 yards through thick timber. No shot. It was cold Sunday (13 degrees at LST with a 16 mph favorable wind) and tough to get out of bed but I drug my but out there seeing it was only a two day hunt.The plan was to stay until 1 pm as 98 of 100 trail cam pics were taken before this time in this spot. Approximately 1 hour after LST began, three does snuck over the rise in front of me and surprised me 10 yards away. I slowly reached for the gun, brought it up, aimed, fired...and nada. Hadn't fully cocked the hammer I realized as the does all bounded away. I don't know if you guys have it fully cocked all the time when in blind or stand but made me nervous if I wasn't holding and aiming it.Anyway, that was it for the day. My consolation was that I knew I had did a good job scouting and setting up and put myself in the right position with a well dialed in gun. Plus I got to go home to my family and close out the week spending time with them. So not bad in all. Just frustrating. I made a lot of mistakes at the start of bowhunting too though.
Thanks all! Gonna have to try the rubber cap ideas. This weekend, I put a wadded up piece of orange flagging tape in between the lowered hammer and nipple. I also put a piece of scotch tape over the muzzle. Hunt is over. Sat all day Saturday and saw three does running at about 75 yards through thick timber. No shot. It was cold Sunday (13 degrees at LST with a 16 mph favorable wind) and tough to get out of bed but I drug my but out there seeing it was only a two day hunt.
The plan was to stay until 1 pm as 98 of 100 trail cam pics were taken before this time in this spot. Approximately 1 hour after LST began, three does snuck over the rise in front of me and surprised me 10 yards away. I slowly reached for the gun, brought it up, aimed, fired...and nada. Hadn't fully cocked the hammer I realized as the does all bounded away. I don't know if you guys have it fully cocked all the time when in blind or stand but made me nervous if I wasn't holding and aiming it.
Anyway, that was it for the day. My consolation was that I knew I had did a good job scouting and setting up and put myself in the right position with a well dialed in gun. Plus I got to go home to my family and close out the week spending time with them. So not bad in all. Just frustrating. I made a lot of mistakes at the start of bowhunting too though.
