2006-11-13 13:30:17 · 14 answers · asked by mikie078 1 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
it was my 12 year old brother who had a great line of sight. i guess he just got too excited and missed.. (for those of you that are saying that i am irresponsible hunter) thanks for the good answers so far
2006-11-13 13:39:31 · update #1
I have personally missed deer and the very next day taken one from the same stand. You might mess up your chances for the day but you won't have any long term effects caused by a miss!! Good Hunting!
2006-11-13 13:36:13 · answer #1 · answered by Donnie C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone misses at some point in time. I consider myself a very good to excellent shot within 300 meters. In my 17 years of deer hunting, I have missed several times. Once I was young, got excited, and just plain missed. Once my Marlin lever action malfunctioned. The third time, I am not sure why I missed (I think my rifle was sighted in a little high for some reason).
There has been speculation that when a deer gets spooked, it emits a scent that it leave behind, warning other deer of potential danger in the area.
From what I have seen:
I missed a doe last year (the rifle sighted in high one) before noon on opening morning. I later shot another doe from the same stand that afternoon and a buck the next day.
I have killed deer and left the gut pile and dressed out deer within sight of my stand. I have shot deer within a few yards of its deceased cousins.
When I missed my first deer (was young), the deer ended up circling around me to try and figure out what I was. An adult coming to check on me saw the deer near me as they were headed to my stand.
If missing a deer ruins a stand, I think it is only for a short time (maybe minutes or an hour or so). It is my guess that the sound of a gun would alert the deer in the area to where you are. After those deer leave, deer just getting to the area have no clue.
Just my 2 cents.
2006-11-13 14:11:08 · answer #2 · answered by Slider728 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never missed a deer here in Ohio, we are required to use muzzleloader/shotgun, so we don't shoot unless they are close enough that we aren't going to miss, but we have been squirrel hunting, and deer did not seem too rattled by the shotguns we were using, a couple of minutes after firing things calm down, and we've had deer walk right up on us, i think their short term memory must not be that great, or they just didn't care that we were there
2006-11-14 02:46:00 · answer #3 · answered by beare85 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Always depends on your area and how skitish the deer are that year and how skitish they are of the guns and if they know hunters suck and are more scared of predators.
In Arizona the deer don't care about shots, they are liable to stay tight but just might move after shot if they weren't moving before. They are more scared of predators and move in and out of trees. The thing that moves them or scares them is people moving around and making noise, also vehicles, they don't know them where people are coming from and where the predators who are much quieter are. So, after a shot just wait awhile and see what happens. Of course according to someone's law, if you move and someone else takes your spot after you shoot they will get a shot or see something or get a deer. But, if you sit there expecting that they won't come.
2006-11-13 19:18:33 · answer #4 · answered by az outdoorsmen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all, I have seen deer shot in the same spot 1 minute apart, and 4 days apart. I mean the spot they were standing was not 2 feet from each other. I have also seen the deer that was shot take off while other deer in the area stood there and watched them run off.
2006-11-13 13:34:47 · answer #5 · answered by tmarschall 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no, it does not ruin your hunting for long. if you missed in the morning you might as well go home and wait till the afternoon and try it agian.
the deer will come back in most cases the same day but it will take a couple of hours. thats what i have experenced in the last 15 years of deer hunting. good luck.
2006-11-13 13:38:55 · answer #6 · answered by cplbmaness 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Just last last weekend I shot at a 10 point 3 times only to find that my scope had been knocked out of whack ( my 17 yr. old son took it hog hunting and apparently dropped it). 1 hour later 3 doe came out at half the distance. 20 min. after that, a 4 point came out the same place as the 10 point.
2006-11-13 13:43:13 · answer #7 · answered by plantsparky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
merely like hitting a deer (assuming you're making use of a shotgun), some (with a bit of luck maximum) of the shot hits the deer and a few misses merely like as quickly as we bypass to the bathing room. We certainly do hit the objective with maximum of our shot yet in some circumstances there's slightly overspray. ;)
2016-10-17 06:07:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, deer will come back if there are a bunch of hunters in the area... the deer will keep running around... just a tip... don't miss and you won't have to worry about it.
2006-11-13 13:33:08 · answer #9 · answered by some dude 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i can't speak from personal experience... i don't shoot unless i'm confident that i will have a good kill shot.. i think only an irresponsible hunter would risk a shot that might injure without killing.. (with the possible exception of damaged equipment)
i would think that it would only ruin things for a few min.. i wouldn't expect it to be prolonged..
2006-11-13 13:33:07 · answer #10 · answered by Roger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋