Missed.!!!!!

[Gobble!]

todays tight chokes and shells can make close shots interesting!

[WildTigerTrout]

Anybody who says they never missed one has not hunted very much. It happens to everyone at some point.

[Tail Feathers]

Hate to say this, but be careful next time...missing is CONTAGIOUS.

[SteelerFan]

I was amazed how that rush of adrenaline was so quickly replaced with that wave of disbelief when it happened! WHAT? SERIOUSLY? YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING?!? Holy *%#! NO WAY!!!

Yup... it happens 

[Happy]

I know after the chip shot I missed I think it took a few minutes to pick my jaw off of the ground and let reality sink in. I had done everything up to that point perfectly. The tom aproached in textbook fashion and I dropped the hammer with the calm assurance he was dead right there..... Only to watch him sail off the ridge. It hurts a little to talk about. I feel for ya.

[gergg]

I've certainly had misses in the past, but opening morning this year(last Saturday) I had a misfire at 20 yards on a fine public land bird, that one hurt.

[wvmntnhick]

Missed a chip sit myself about 4 years ago and then another I sold have had two years ago. One of those is still hurts a little to this day. It's part of the game. If you haven't missed then you haven't killed many either. Good luck on round two.

Oh, I believe I can recall one of those misses. Couldn't stop laughing long enough to pull the trigger myself.

I'd like to say I've never missed but I have. Happy was around to watch me "whif" on one a few years ago at point blank range as well. Another friend of mine watched me miss twice in the same day. It's going to happen. Only good thing can be said is that the bird will be there to hunt another day. I've never lost sleep over a missed bird. Just regroup and get after another one almost immediately. In fact, I've missed enough birds over the years that I could care less anymore. The kill isn't the fun part. I enjoy it as much as the next guy but it's not the best part of the hunt by any means. My preference is for the tree talk, strutting and gobbling. The anticipation of what the bird will do and how it all unfolds is what gets me going. Pulling the trigger is the easy part. What happens next is irrelevant to me at this point.

[bmhern]

We all have missed. Good thing is he will be back, you will be back, and you get to try again!!

[Cleveland48]

Missing is tuff no doubt, but it happens to everyone eventually. This gimme shots are the tricky ones lol. I've missed them by pulling my head off the stock. It's a sickening feeling. But he flew away most likely not injured so get back after him another day!


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[ilbucksndux]

todays tight chokes and shells can make close shots interesting!

Yep that is what I keep preaching.

[Gooserbat]

Happens brother.  Now try to figure out what you did and don't do it again.  If you shot over him sounds like you might have aimed at the head.  Shoot for the waddels and your far less likely to shoot over them.

[contagious]

[quoteThank you for sharing, and making all of us feel a bit less embarrassed about our own misses][/quote]

Hate to say this, but be careful next time...missing is CONTAGIOUS.

Thanks for all the kind reply's, Yep that's why I posted it , to help myself get over and others to understand it happens.!!!!    There are two kind of hunters, those that will admit they missed and those that will not.                         


That's one type of "Contagious" I don't want.!! LOL

[ncwoodsman]

I'm sure you keep replaying the scenario over and over in your head, but nothing is going to change the outcome. I have been there and done that and it plain out sucks. Shake it off and make it up on the next shot.

[TrackeySauresRex]

todays tight chokes and shells can make close shots interesting!

Yep that is what I keep preaching.

Agreed X's-3 

[Worm82]

I missed at 25 yards this morning!! My safety wasn't all the way off on my first attempt and I rushed the shot on my 2nd try. I'm still in disbelief. I did see him back with his hens an hour or so later.