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<blockquote data-quote="LVJ76" data-source="post: 2599518" data-attributes="member: 108965"><p>I lost one deer, back in 2008. I jerked the trigger. Didn't practice or shoot much that year, and that deer paid the price, and to this day it still makes me sick.</p><p></p><p>I've had 3 bad hits on deer. 2 were gut shots, and I was able to put both deer down within minutes, thankfully they didnt suffer much. On another deer I hit it twice, 2 shots 1" apart behind the shoulder and high, missing all organs, then took off and finished him off while he ran, got him on the shoulder and down it went. In all 3 situations the rifle was dead on, but I was not.</p><p></p><p>One bad shot on a javelina, hit it in its hind leg and it rolled down the hill and out of sight. Put him down when I got to it, took me about 20 minutes or more to get to him. This one I still cannot forget either.</p><p></p><p>I've had more misses than the one I posted earlier, was just one example. Growing up we didn't have range finders, but I got better as I grew up. To this day when we are out and about I try to range it myself and then verify with range finder l, and I am pretty good at it, but not perfect by any means.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LVJ76, post: 2599518, member: 108965"] I lost one deer, back in 2008. I jerked the trigger. Didn't practice or shoot much that year, and that deer paid the price, and to this day it still makes me sick. I've had 3 bad hits on deer. 2 were gut shots, and I was able to put both deer down within minutes, thankfully they didnt suffer much. On another deer I hit it twice, 2 shots 1" apart behind the shoulder and high, missing all organs, then took off and finished him off while he ran, got him on the shoulder and down it went. In all 3 situations the rifle was dead on, but I was not. One bad shot on a javelina, hit it in its hind leg and it rolled down the hill and out of sight. Put him down when I got to it, took me about 20 minutes or more to get to him. This one I still cannot forget either. I've had more misses than the one I posted earlier, was just one example. Growing up we didn't have range finders, but I got better as I grew up. To this day when we are out and about I try to range it myself and then verify with range finder l, and I am pretty good at it, but not perfect by any means. [/QUOTE]
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