AND…….double misses….WTF.
So my 15y/o son and I went out this afternoon for our Shotgun season here on Ohio. Both our Shotguns are well sighted in, and confirmed.
We saw five deer, two of which were fighting bucks. With locked horns around 90 yards out, I started a well-rehearsed countdown for a synchronized shot….3……2……1…..<span style="font-weight: bold">Bang</span>. I re-cocked my shotgun and immediately saw a freshly shot branch below my line of sight with the scope, about four feet from the end of the barrel. After the shot; the deer ran a few feet, stopped, looked around, ran a little further, stopped looked around, ran a third time, stopped looked around a gain, then flagged the tails and took off.
No blood, no hair, nothing. I did however, recover the slug (how amazing is that). I will hit it with luminol on Monday, but when I held it in my hands and showed it to my dog, my dog did not go ape-shit crazy like she does when I have blood on my clothes.
I was in awe that I had missed at a shot that I would consider a gimme. My son was disappointed he missed his, but we were unable to find his bullet with the light fading as quickly as it did….
So my 15y/o son and I went out this afternoon for our Shotgun season here on Ohio. Both our Shotguns are well sighted in, and confirmed.
We saw five deer, two of which were fighting bucks. With locked horns around 90 yards out, I started a well-rehearsed countdown for a synchronized shot….3……2……1…..<span style="font-weight: bold">Bang</span>. I re-cocked my shotgun and immediately saw a freshly shot branch below my line of sight with the scope, about four feet from the end of the barrel. After the shot; the deer ran a few feet, stopped, looked around, ran a little further, stopped looked around, ran a third time, stopped looked around a gain, then flagged the tails and took off.
No blood, no hair, nothing. I did however, recover the slug (how amazing is that). I will hit it with luminol on Monday, but when I held it in my hands and showed it to my dog, my dog did not go ape-shit crazy like she does when I have blood on my clothes.
I was in awe that I had missed at a shot that I would consider a gimme. My son was disappointed he missed his, but we were unable to find his bullet with the light fading as quickly as it did….