[browningwin300]

Me and daddy-o were hunting last Saturday and we were hunting some new public land that a guy we know had taken us too. We all three kind of covered this holler(as we call it in Alabama) from one end to the other. Nice and cold morning about 6:30 or so we heard a shot from dads side of the holler followed by a quick thud or thump. So i thought great he got him one. Because we havent killed one all season and really havent got to go much. But i was just glad he got to shoot one so we can get some meat in the freezer. So we all meet up a little after 11 and asked if he shot and he missed a nice 8 or 10 he couldnt really tell. since it was just peeking daylight he said all he could see was head and neck because the deer was below a ridge about 20 yds behind him. and when he shot he waited 15 mins and went over to look for some blood or hair and seen he had hit a little sappling tree and it flared off the tree.:wallbash: so he was pretty upset to say the least. what is some of your guys stories of some misses?

 

[browningwin300]

Im sorry joel, i didnt put enough info in there. He could see the buck walking from the woods to the cutover when he came out. But to where the buck stopped and offered the best shot (well if you want to call it that. i wouldnt have taken it) that is the only place he could have seen that much of the deer. He knew it was a deer and no one could hunt the other side because it is private land. But if the deer would have walked on the ridge got steeper so i guess dad thought if he could hit it in the neck he wouldnt take to much from it.
But I hunted that spot the other weekend and from what i could tell i think he could see more of the deer but just his excuse for missing......:whistling: