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anyone admit to making a terrible shot
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<blockquote data-quote="hypersonic" data-source="post: 860405" data-attributes="member: 5217"><p>I have also made a few over the years, The first one when I was 18 and was on a huge 6x6 whitetail on our family land. The bad shot was my fault buck fever did me in . I shot low and clipped the inside of the front leg and just burnt the bottom of the chest. That buck actually bled quite a bit from the flesh wound in the leg but stopped bleeding after a few hours so I lost out on finding him. My Dad nailed him three weeks later and that buck was almost fully healed. Fast forward 26 years to a Mule doe 592 yards and a bad call on the wind by me, last few mins of legal shooting light so I rushed the shot. Hit the rear leg lucky for me the main artery was destroyed by that Berger so she only made 300 yards before she could not go anymore, but as legal shooting time was gone my rifle was cased and I had to finish the deal with my gerber not a good feeling. I redeemed myself the next morning though with my biggest mule buck to date at 565 yards and a whitetail doe an hour later at 468. I also had two bad shots on moose and one on a cow elk. Those three were shorter range at moving targets but I was carrying proper firepower for the task. Both moose were hit too far back on the run with my 300 win mag and required some tracking and a follow up shot to finish. Good old moose always find the worst place to die if you don't put them down with the first shot! Cow elk going away and I had no doubt my 338 win would put her down right now with the old " Portuguese brain shot" or "Texas heart shot" if you like.Well she made the timber on three legs I found her and finished her and lost a whole lot of steaks.</p><p></p><p> In all the above I have learned valuable lessons about my skills and the situations. Now if I have the slightest bit of doubt there is no doubt I don't take the shot. I continue to shoot and shoot and shoot and shoot more and once I am done shooting I go out and shoot more and when the wind is screaming and it is raining cats and dogs or the snow is blowing I shoot and I continue to shoot every chance I get. I have learned some great lessons over the years, but the best lesson I have learned is that I can always get better than I am right now! Perhaps in 20 more years I will be happy with my shooting skills. I say perhaps but I think in 20 more years my expectations for my skills will be higher than they are now.</p><p></p><p> I have no doubt that I will screw the pooch again in the future, but it is what you learn from the mistake and how you correct your error. If you don't make mistakes you are not doing anything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hypersonic, post: 860405, member: 5217"] I have also made a few over the years, The first one when I was 18 and was on a huge 6x6 whitetail on our family land. The bad shot was my fault buck fever did me in . I shot low and clipped the inside of the front leg and just burnt the bottom of the chest. That buck actually bled quite a bit from the flesh wound in the leg but stopped bleeding after a few hours so I lost out on finding him. My Dad nailed him three weeks later and that buck was almost fully healed. Fast forward 26 years to a Mule doe 592 yards and a bad call on the wind by me, last few mins of legal shooting light so I rushed the shot. Hit the rear leg lucky for me the main artery was destroyed by that Berger so she only made 300 yards before she could not go anymore, but as legal shooting time was gone my rifle was cased and I had to finish the deal with my gerber not a good feeling. I redeemed myself the next morning though with my biggest mule buck to date at 565 yards and a whitetail doe an hour later at 468. I also had two bad shots on moose and one on a cow elk. Those three were shorter range at moving targets but I was carrying proper firepower for the task. Both moose were hit too far back on the run with my 300 win mag and required some tracking and a follow up shot to finish. Good old moose always find the worst place to die if you don't put them down with the first shot! Cow elk going away and I had no doubt my 338 win would put her down right now with the old " Portuguese brain shot" or "Texas heart shot" if you like.Well she made the timber on three legs I found her and finished her and lost a whole lot of steaks. In all the above I have learned valuable lessons about my skills and the situations. Now if I have the slightest bit of doubt there is no doubt I don't take the shot. I continue to shoot and shoot and shoot and shoot more and once I am done shooting I go out and shoot more and when the wind is screaming and it is raining cats and dogs or the snow is blowing I shoot and I continue to shoot every chance I get. I have learned some great lessons over the years, but the best lesson I have learned is that I can always get better than I am right now! Perhaps in 20 more years I will be happy with my shooting skills. I say perhaps but I think in 20 more years my expectations for my skills will be higher than they are now. I have no doubt that I will screw the pooch again in the future, but it is what you learn from the mistake and how you correct your error. If you don't make mistakes you are not doing anything. [/QUOTE]
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