Let's hear those PBM Stories!

[ShooterMcgavin]

Let's hear those Point Blank Miss stories!

What was the situation and gear that made you miss a -50 yard shot!!

What happened and why?

 

[Davyalabama]

I’ve PBM on a bunch of doves, quail and ducks. Missed a few deer while running dogs years ago.

 

[Scoot]

I missed a huge buck at about 3 yards one time when I was a kid. He was coming through and I couldn't see anything until he was directly in front of me. I didn't expect him to be moving at mach 5 though! I had to ID him as a buck I wanted to shoot and let the arrow go, all in a split second. I failed! I'm not sure if I missed high or in front of him, but I missed him clean. Never did find my arrow.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Watched a blacktail come outta the timber and start walking a trail that paralleled me. I shot at about 20-25ish yards. He hunched up, and I didnt even chamber another round. Cuz he's goona fall over anytime now

Then he straightened back up and started walking again like nothing had ever happened. Hit him on the second shot and he damn near ran me over on his lil death run.

Only thing I can figure is it was such a simple shot. I just shot at a deer and didnt pick a spot. Thats also the second deer I have seen hunch up like it was hit, only for it to be a clean miss

 

[Pharmseller]

Bow hunting. Walked right up on a nice 3x3 Blacktail. I don’t know who was more surprised, me or him. He was standing near an old root wad. Maybe 15 yards.
Draw, anchor, release, all very smooth.
One pinky-sized old dried hard as iron root sucker that I didn’t see deflected the arrow neatly into the dirt.




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[LeftyWilbury]

thanksgiving week, about zero degrees for a high. had every layer on that i owned at the time, think i counted seven layers with three of em jackets. big mittens. multiple pants. could barely move. coming down a trail i see a nice buck walking up the trail towards me. bring my trusty savage 30-06 up, easy 25 yard shot, gotta shoot before he gets too close! CLICK i'm thinking something froze. i'm incredulous at my misfortune. deer is still walking up the trail towards me. i'm trying to reach my sidearm. trying to excavate layer after layer. deer walks past me at 3 yards, still trying to find a gun that's somewhere on my belt. finally get it out as the deer's 30 yards away from me, looking back over his shoulder at me like it's confused how i got there. bounds over the hill.

thought i was being smart leaving my safety on the middle position, one less click to make noise...except the bolt knob had been bumped so bolt wasn't fully closed so firing pin never found a primer. had the blood in my brain been less slushy maybe i would have realized i could just pop the bolt up to cock it and pop the deer. oh well. still amuses me to this day. should have just jumped on the deer. he probably couldn't have gotten an antler through all my layers.