Missed opportunity

[nightman973]

Alright boys I'll give a longer writeup once I get some time, but I want to check on this so I can atleast sleep tonight. Had a shooter buck come in quartering hard to. He went to a tree in between me and him and thrashed it up real good. Once he decided the tree was good n dead, be turned and gave me the exit route only. My question is I was in the right for passing up a quartering to shot, right?

 

He was close maybe 10 to 13 yards. He came in real fast and had to make the call fast, but I've been second guessing myself all day since, which is only worse because he never showed back up. Ugh.

 

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[Hunter4623]

I won't shoot a quartering to deer with a bow. Good decision

[3Blade]

If you didn't feel good about the shot and you didn't take it, you did the right thing!  Quartering to is a low percentage shot.

Edited November 9, 2017 by 3 Blade

[3Blade]

I had the exact situation this past Saturday. I would have felt worse if I took the shot and injured him. At least you know he is still around and hopefully you get another opportunity. 

Edited November 9, 2017 by 3 Blade

[nightman973]

Thanks fellas... makes me feel better. Just wanted to make sure it's not just me. I'm still not going to be able to sleep but whatever I'm used to it. Thanks again

 

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[Hunter4623]

Get in the woods asap. Him or his brother are probably still around

[LPJR]

You absolutely made the right call. If you made a marginal poor quartering to shot and lost the buck, even at close range, you would not be able to sleep for several days let alone one. 

 

Just last year I had a big doe at exactly 14 yards quartering to me. She never turned so I disregarded all common sense and tried to sneak the arrow into the crease.She ran out of sight with my arrow sticking out, as I hit the knuckle squarely in the leg. Never found her.....

[NorthNJHunter]

You made the right decision. Don't take marginal shots.

[stratocaster]

Good move. There will always be another chance.  Think about how you would feel if you took the shot and it didn't work out.  

[birdshotnj]

You absolutely did the right thing. Nothing worse than wounding a deer. At least by NOT taking the shot, the deer will still be around

[Integracingsr]

If you're not sure if you should or shouldn't have then you made the right call in not taking it. Good luck getting another crack at him. When you finally do, you'll be glad you waited.

[Rusty]

You would feel a lot worse right now if you had taken that shot and then lost the deer.  You made the right decision.  

[Farmshine]

100% right decision. The shoulder blocks the vitals. Either you drill an arrow into the shoulder, injuring it but not killing it or you gut shot it and it dies 20 hours later a mile away and you can’t find it.

 

 

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[JHbowhunter]

Unless it’s maybe 5 degrees past broadside - no way. Quartering away- I am taking nearly every angle except straight away.

[nightman973]

Thanks guys. I had a sink spike messing around all morning and had seen a nice 7 pointer the day prior. I heard something moving through the thick stuff from my 2 around to my 11. The spike was at my 4 and picked up on it, snort wheezed and ruffled up some leaves.

 

The buck in the thick stuff shook up a bush like it wanted to tear it out of the ground and the spike was like yeah nah I'm outta here and bolted. So I stand up and get ready for this 7, my wind is perfect and I'm good to go.

 

He is about 45 to 50 yards when he finally breaks through to clear a pipeline and holy crap he is not thte 7 I thought he was. Buck fedcer kicked in and all I kept telling myself was don't look at the rack asshole, just make a great shot on a the big pissed off doe.

 

So he crosses the pipeline to about 60 yards at my 12 and turns in my direction yo walk the tree lin e on the other side. When he finally gets to about 45 yards he turns right at me. He comes across the pipeline quartering towards me to about 13 yards and thrashed this tree. He was supper pissed.

 

While he's displaying his ability to wreck this sapling I draw back, hoping he'll step to the side to my 3, giving me broadside. I held for atleast a minute, when he complete 180s and walks right back across the pipeline and up th e ridge.

 

When he got across t he pipeline I tri ed grunting at him, but couldn't stop him or turn him. I figured I di dnt want to educate him, but was seriously kicking myself. He was big. Real big. I sat th e rest of the day until dark with no more sightings of him, just more does and some scrub bucks.

 

I'm back out again toiday hoping he messes up, if I dontg see hijm I'm going to wait on hunting thiis stand a few days, been in it for thed third day in a row now.

 

Tha mis again guys for reassuring me the pass on th e quartering to was tight, just could not shake the doubt. Appreciate it fellas.

 

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