Oregon
WKR
I wish I only missed. I crippled and lost a giant MD 4 years ago. 2 buddies with me claim it was the biggest MD they'd ever seen on the hoof. 320 yards, great rest, I squeeze and blow it's right hoof off. Deer runs uphill with hoof swinging like a whirli-gig. I up, put my very good "wing shooting" skills to work and squeeze again. About 6' behind and low. WTF!!
Shot gun the next day at 100 yds. Didn't even hit cardboard behind target.
Gave gun to gun nut buddy after hunt and said "tell me what's wrong".
Longer story short. Brand new scope(that was dead on 3 days prior) killed a yote at 420yds, was no longer even close and could not be adjusted. A well known Oregon based scope company had no issues when I sent it in and got a brand new one. The only question was how it got damaged. I slipped and fell a few times but never remotely remember scope taking a hit????
To answer your question, you never get over it. It actually screwed me up mentally on other hunts. I haven't missed much in my life, but now it's a thing.
Shot gun the next day at 100 yds. Didn't even hit cardboard behind target.
Gave gun to gun nut buddy after hunt and said "tell me what's wrong".
Longer story short. Brand new scope(that was dead on 3 days prior) killed a yote at 420yds, was no longer even close and could not be adjusted. A well known Oregon based scope company had no issues when I sent it in and got a brand new one. The only question was how it got damaged. I slipped and fell a few times but never remotely remember scope taking a hit????
To answer your question, you never get over it. It actually screwed me up mentally on other hunts. I haven't missed much in my life, but now it's a thing.