Excuses for missing

[Chill 123]

Hi All
I thought I would start a list on the excuses people use for missing or badly shooting a deer . Here are some I have listened to.
Deer moved just as I pulled the trigger
Must have hit a branch

Chill

 

[hendrix's rifle]

Hi All
I thought I would start a list on the excuses people use for missing or badly shooting a deer . Here are some I have listened to.
Deer moved just as I pulled the trigger
Must have hit a branch

Chill

I have witnessed someone put a bullet in to a branch and subsequently miss the deer
No names mind...
@scoby270

 

[HonestJohn]

I’m not confident in this ammo yep, heard it!

 

[TringSaint]

Blade of grass in the way
Something caught the trigger
Dodgy round
Must have knocked the scope (only to then hit a sub 1” disc at 80m with the next shot!!)
Wind
Deer moved
Mod not tight

The list is endless and never includes the large lump pulling the trigger!!

 

[Husky]

The classic " that's never happened before ".

 

[bottletopbill]

My excuse was I read it on the great internet to zero at 25yds and I did .
Now if I get the chance to go again the deer will not run but just stand there and laugh.

Who gave that idiot a rifle

 

[Donkey Basher]

That was a stupid place to have a fence wire

 

[Essexsussex]

It’s mostly a poor hit and saying it’s a miss! But I do have a catalogue of excuses. They are essential parts of stalking kit.

 

[Essexsussex]

I’m not confident in this ammo yep, heard it!

Nearly always the ammo

 

[Dunwaters]

I can’t find a link, but Bill Heavey’s “ The art of lying” is hard to beat.
Actually, just about anything by Heavey is worth a read.
Don’t read “ Lilyfish “ unless you’re ready to shed a tear.

https://www.fieldandstream.com/story/fishing/fs-classic-lilyfish/

 

[VSS]

I did once hit a branch which resulted in a miss.
Other than that I just accept the fact that I'm not a very good shot. No need for excuses

 

[Grannysmith]

Shooters thrombosis....
A clot behind the gun

 

[Tim.243]

Hi All
I thought I would start a list on the excuses people use for missing or badly shooting a deer . Here are some I have listened to.
Deer moved just as I pulled the trigger
Must have hit a branch

Chill

Blame it on the "head"

 

[cooksey]

I normally just say I ran out of skill

 

[long_range_rob]

Stray gravitational fields from collapsing stars.

 

[Goingback]

Trump moved

 

[enfieldspares]

I thought I would start a list on the excuses people use for missing or badly shooting a deer . Here are some I have listened to.

Well it was the correct aim when I pulled the trigger...

 

[Mungo]

Hi All
I thought I would start a list on the excuses people use for missing or badly shooting a deer . Here are some I have listened to.
Deer moved just as I pulled the trigger
Must have hit a branch

Chill

Wind picked up.
Bipod must have bounced on the hard/uneven/unstable surface.
Misjudged the point of aim what with the thick winter coat.
Deer was much bigger/smaller than I thought so I misjudged the range.
Shooting across dead ground so I misjudged the range.
Harsh flat light made it look bigger so I misjudged the range.
Dull soft light/mist/getting dark made it look smaller so I misjudged the range.
I’m used to shooting roe so sika just look that much closer.
I’m used to shooting sika so roe just look that much further away.
I’m used to a reticule with mil dots so MOA marks confuse me.
I’m used to a reticule with MOA marks so mil dots confuse me.
I’m used to a plain reticule so busy reticules confuse me.
I tried to ping it with the rangefinder and must have got a duff reading because the ground was too flat/too wet/too grassy/too covered in scrub.
I pinged one with the rangefinder but must have shot the one in front/behind it.
I’m used to shooting with a single stage trigger.
I’m used to shooting with a two stage trigger.
I mainly shoot shotguns, so really just point rather than aim.
I usually shoot off a bipod/high seat/sticks/car bonnet/free hand so x confuses me.
I usually shoot foxes so I’m used to just aiming centre of mass.
I usually shoot munties, so you really can’t wait til they stop moving.
I’ve been using 95gr vmax, and really don’t think about drop.
I’ve been using 180gr soft points, and you really have to aim off even at short range.
I’m used to shooting with/without a moderator, so shooting without/with one confuses me.
When I did DSC1 that’s where they said to aim.
I changed scopes last night and it’s always been cock on before.

I could go on…

 

[Mungo]

Actually, I will go on…

I thought you said to shoot!
It was about to go into the trees and I thought better now or never, and you have the dog.
Heather must have got caught in the trigger guard when I was shifting position.
I forgot to reset the turret after a range session at 750m.
I didn’t realise there were two of them next to each other.

 

[Klenchblaize]

Tripod leg gave way .........

K