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<blockquote data-quote="Southernlady" data-source="post: 3299796" data-attributes="member: 45086"><p>Well my biggest fear has happened when it comes to hunting.</p><p>I was in my ground blind which I made using evergreen cuttings. Perfect setup</p><p>With my crossbow in hand I seen a super nice buck move down the fence then cut across the field about 30 yards in front of me. I let out a baaaaa and he stopped. I shot and the arrows was stuck. He ran and ran about 200!yards and jumped the fence. The lighted knock was in in the field without the buck. No blood no trail no idea</p><p>The blood on the arrow tip was only about two inches and the broad head was mangled. I at this point realized I didn’t make a kill shot I just wounded him!he jumped onto our pissy neighbors property and no way are you allowed over there especially since they are head hunters. I was devastated. So now last night I’ve been hunting every day of rifle so far and then it happens a nice little 5 point stood in front of me for 10 mins it seemed, But in the distance I could see a huge buck in the south corner of the meadow about 450 yards away. Hoping he would make it my way just out of the blue a huge buck, biggest I’ve ever gotten opportunity to shoot stepped in front of me about 30 yards where the 5 point was. I let out a sound he stopped and I shot. I didn’t blink flinch or jerk. I breathed out and pulled the trigger. He leaped turn and ran. I seen the same thing happen again as the buck ran away, He hesitated before he jumped the fence and went over onto the neighbors. I couldn’t believe what just happened. I was crushed. I hurt another deer and may never find him.</p><p>I was using a 260 Ruger M77 Mark 2 rife with a leupold rifleman scope that’s dead on at .150 yards but not thinking about that I took a 30 yard shot aimed right at the kill zone. No blood no hair no trail. I’m going to go see if I can see him layin just on the other side of their fence this morning, If I’ve lost another one do to this then I’m probably done hunting for good its[ATTACH=full]148143[/ATTACH] so heart breaking to lose deer this way and for me to think it’s my bad shot that causes it, well I can hardly take it! I know I hit him but not sure exactly where. This happened to me last year as well with same gun! When I target practice I’m quit proud of myself for I hit bullseye often. Is it me, my scope, the gun???? WTH!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Southernlady, post: 3299796, member: 45086"] Well my biggest fear has happened when it comes to hunting. I was in my ground blind which I made using evergreen cuttings. Perfect setup With my crossbow in hand I seen a super nice buck move down the fence then cut across the field about 30 yards in front of me. I let out a baaaaa and he stopped. I shot and the arrows was stuck. He ran and ran about 200!yards and jumped the fence. The lighted knock was in in the field without the buck. No blood no trail no idea The blood on the arrow tip was only about two inches and the broad head was mangled. I at this point realized I didn’t make a kill shot I just wounded him!he jumped onto our pissy neighbors property and no way are you allowed over there especially since they are head hunters. I was devastated. So now last night I’ve been hunting every day of rifle so far and then it happens a nice little 5 point stood in front of me for 10 mins it seemed, But in the distance I could see a huge buck in the south corner of the meadow about 450 yards away. Hoping he would make it my way just out of the blue a huge buck, biggest I’ve ever gotten opportunity to shoot stepped in front of me about 30 yards where the 5 point was. I let out a sound he stopped and I shot. I didn’t blink flinch or jerk. I breathed out and pulled the trigger. He leaped turn and ran. I seen the same thing happen again as the buck ran away, He hesitated before he jumped the fence and went over onto the neighbors. I couldn’t believe what just happened. I was crushed. I hurt another deer and may never find him. I was using a 260 Ruger M77 Mark 2 rife with a leupold rifleman scope that’s dead on at .150 yards but not thinking about that I took a 30 yard shot aimed right at the kill zone. No blood no hair no trail. I’m going to go see if I can see him layin just on the other side of their fence this morning, If I’ve lost another one do to this then I’m probably done hunting for good its[ATTACH=full]148143[/ATTACH] so heart breaking to lose deer this way and for me to think it’s my bad shot that causes it, well I can hardly take it! I know I hit him but not sure exactly where. This happened to me last year as well with same gun! When I target practice I’m quit proud of myself for I hit bullseye often. Is it me, my scope, the gun???? WTH! [/QUOTE]
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