When you have missed an animal with archery equipment - What do you estimate the cause was?

[Bump79]

As the question says - When you have missed an animal - What do you estimate the cause was?

 

[Dos Perros]

I should get one vote per animal missed.

 

[Scoot]

I have estimated every one of those things to be the cause, except hit grass. ...and I'm pretty darn sure all of them have been the culprit at some point.

 

[stonewall]

Need another option - it was the bow’s fault. Couldn’t have been me. lol

 

[Bump79]

I should get one vote per animal missed.

Fixed! Everyone - please vote per animal missed.

 

[TN2shot07]

Too much FOC

 

[madgrad02]

That stuff between the ears!

 

[Laramie]

You left out the one I have seen that causes the majority of archery misses - buck fever. I have seen big game animals completely missed inside of 10 yards before... buck fever is real. Especially for the rookies and first timers on elk.

 

[TheGrayRider]

Hungover.

 

[Dented]

Me. When I miss, it's always me. I can nail my shots at ranges will beyond what I hunt at. It's always a judgement error of one sort or another on my part.

 

[DanimalW]

I have pretty good restraint, but even still, it’s probably taking a shot that I shouldn’t have taken in the first place. Sometimes I think excessive practice actually adds to this. The greater your confidence, the more likely you feel like you can’t miss. But shooting animals is not the same as shooting targets.

 

[butcherboy]

The dark side of the force.

 

[Laramie]

Hungover.

Misread your name there for a second...

I've been too hung over to pack before but can't say it has ever impacted a hunt.

 

[TSimons9]

L.O.F.T

Lack of F@$&ing Talent

 

[CobraChicken]

If having buck fever, rushing the shot and slapping the trigger like it owed me money was an option, mark me down

 

[squirrel]

big antlers + my brain = happy animal

 

[Traveler]

All have been in open areas where the animal moved away from my range markers and I judged the new yardage wrong

 

[Yoder]

Most of my bad shots are the first buck of the year. I'm excited and don't follow through with my shot sequence. I'm thinking about 100 different things instead of just focusing on the shot and the sight pin.

 

[gman82001]

L.O.F.T

Lack of F@$&ing Talent

If ever a post summed my archery career up

 

[Glendon Mullins]

not paying attention to details, you know like posting archery related threads in the general forum