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Well I'm bummed out today!!!
Well I read the thread that SeekBp started about hunting during certain barometer readings.....my brother hunts this way but I have followed this method only off and on. Well yesterday I had S/SE winds which are perfect for the blind I've been hunting and the barometer was reading 30.42 and slowly falling...so I said to myself....this is going to be my lucky day! As I was walking the 1/3 mile or so long gravel drive that runs from the house along 8+ acres of lawn then past the back lake, a rabbit shoots out from under a spruce tree at about 60yds and acrosses the gravel drive and into the old apple orchard. I slip a field point in to my xbow...get it in my crosshairs at 60yds and slowly start stalking, at what I guessed was 40yds (turned out to laser at 43yrds) he starts to hop away so I let my arrow fly. I was trying for a high rib/spine shot to save the meat....BAM....perfect hit. Well know I'm really feeling that this is going to be my lucky day and pretty confident in my shooting skills....clean/skin the bunny and head to my blind. I settle in and within 15-20mins I catch the sight of deer weaving through the trees a about 80yds. A yearling comes to 22yds....I put my crosshairs on her....then mom comes in right behind her, so I swing the crooshairs on to mom but she's only offering me a head on shot. The second yearling comes in and crosses behind mom and stops at 20yds broadside.....20yds broadside!!!.....it look just like our 3D target!!lol I'm not nervous....no shakes....zip....just want to end this long deerless nightmare!! I let my arrow fly......my first.....serious "can't miss" chance at a deer. All 3 jump and move off to about 50yds and stare back at me. I'm confused and think my target should be going down ......but no they all just wonder around looking at where the noise came from, but not looking all the concerned ( no white flags waiving). It's then that I notices that my arrow had clipped the top part of my half unzipped blind flap. The arrow ended up out where the deer were but no blood/hair...a clean miss. So guys here's my first kill pic!LOL.....a 2lb cottontail rabbit taken at 43yds......the 100lb+ deer at 20yds.....I miss!!!.....just my luck!!LOL if I had checked for window clearance....I'd be eating venison!.......so how long do you guys think it will take for these 3 to calm down and return to this area?........I'm running out of time.....again!LOL