Inline FabricationLoad DataLee PrecisionRotoMetals2
Titan ReloadingWidenersRepackboxMidSouth Shooters Supply
Reloading Everything
Results 1 to 14 of 14

Thread: Well shucks

  1. #1
    Boolit Grand Master
    white eagle's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2010
    Location
    718 miles E. of Wall Drug
    Posts
    6,157

    Well shucks

    Last day of Muzzleloading was today and I had 3 small bucks walk out into the field and I shot and missed one
    Oh well thats hunting
    Hit em'hard
    hit em'often

  2. #2
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Location
    Blackwater, Virginia
    Posts
    710
    I missed one this year on the 1st shot, but the second took the neck. Yep that's hunt'n

  3. #3
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    May 2022
    Location
    MPLS
    Posts
    1,486
    More practice ??? Maybe ??

  4. #4
    Boolit Master Cast10's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2020
    Location
    TX
    Posts
    586
    Hunting. A miss is a forever memory of the deer you saw. You’ll remember for next time. I find myself refocusing on sight picture, breathing, POI, and trigger squeeze. Glad you had such a good season seeing deer and having an opportunity.

  5. #5
    Boolit Grand Master


    GregLaROCHE's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2018
    Location
    Southern France by way of Interior Bush Alaska
    Posts
    5,286
    Next year will be here sooner than you think.

  6. #6
    Boolit Grand Master


    stubshaft's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2009
    Location
    Southernmost State of the Union
    Posts
    5,854
    It's the hunt that matters, not whether you bag an animal or not. At least that's what I tell myself...
    Old enough to know better, young enough to do it anyway!

    Men who don't understand women fall into two categories: bachelors and husbands!

  7. #7
    Boolit Grand Master
    Join Date
    Oct 2009
    Location
    Northern Michigan
    Posts
    8,899
    A clean miss is better than a wounding shot.

    Knowing why you missed will be educational for you....and maybe others?
    Don Verna


  8. #8
    Boolit Master

    pworley1's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2013
    Location
    Mississippi
    Posts
    3,253
    Any body who has hunted for a length of time has missed. That memory will increase the odds of it never happening again.
    NRA Benefactor Member NRA Golden Eagle

  9. #9
    Boolit Grand Master Tripplebeards's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2017
    Location
    USA
    Posts
    5,513
    Hey at least you got to see one! I saw no horns during muzzleloader season this year. My nice neighbor that I’ve had so many issues with drove out and spooked six doe to me. I didn’t realize he was the reason they showed. The tractor showed up 10 minutes later after they left. I got greedy and figured they all came running in because the doe and fawn were getting chased by horns. Nope just tractor horns apparently. I’ll try and get out today or tomorrow and see if I can see one of them for antlerless hunting and get rid of some of my Cast Boolits in the process.

  10. #10
    USMC 77, USRA 79


    Markopolo's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2017
    Location
    Remote island in SE Alaska
    Posts
    2,999
    We all miss… doubt yours was Buck Fever!!
    Any technology not understood, can seem like Magic!!!

    I will love the Lord with all my heart, all my soul, and all my mind.

  11. #11
    Boolit Master
    farmerjim's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2012
    Location
    St. Francisville, Louisiana
    Posts
    1,925
    The first deer I ever shot at, I missed three shots as she stood there at about a hundred yards. I have not missed one since.
    There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism—by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide. Ayn Rand

  12. #12
    Boolit Grand Master
    white eagle's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2010
    Location
    718 miles E. of Wall Drug
    Posts
    6,157
    I think, now this is speculation, that I wasn't committed to the shot
    I do not remember the the sight being on the target when I fired
    a non comital shot or warning shot as it were
    Hit em'hard
    hit em'often

  13. #13
    Boolit Master

    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Montana
    Posts
    1,822
    I thought that was why it is called "still hunting"
    ..

  14. #14
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Location
    Blackwater, Virginia
    Posts
    710
    The one I missed this year 1st shot & got the second shot, was pure Buck Fever! I have to tell myself, "It's Only A Deer" If I loose that excitement it's probably all over.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check