Struck the Feeder pen

[Bowhnter01]

I'm near ponotoc/llano and sat in the stand last night and had 4 does after acorns and weren't really interested in the feeder like they normally are. Wind was not in my favor so I was ok with it. It was a quiet sit and with the wind, it kept the Mosquitos away.

This morning I had does blowing like crazy. But they were upwind so I was a bit confused. Then I see a boar coming in. He was pretty skiddish but after 30 min of carefully examining the place he made his way to the feeder. With the wind the way it was I didn't let him hang out for too long before flinging an arrow. Felt good about the shot, then saw sparks and the arrow kick up. I hit the top wire on the feeder pen.

He ran about twenty yds and stopped to see what happened. I let another go, but misjudged the distance. Shot went right under him and there went mr pig.

Pretty ticked about it. Did the same thing on my last hunt last year. Missed a boar by hitting the same wire. Needless to say, that wire is gone.

I guess I could have waited for a little more light. I also figured what are the odds of me hitting it.

Any of you guys done the same thing?

[jak]

Remove any wires that are in your shot path. We use hog panel so it is easy to remove a small section. OR, you can elevate yourself to allow the shot to travel over the panel.

[jshouse]

yep, first/only time i've drawn my bow on an animal was on a hog 2 years ago, it was right at dusk and all i saw was sparks and the hog proceeded to rip down 2 sides of my feeder pen and run away before i coud get another shot.

[jak]

I also shot a doe one afternoon with a 7mm. Upon retrieval of the doe, I noticed 3 holes on the entry side of her body. I believe the bullet split into 3 pieces upon contact with the panel. Was shooting ballistic tip ammo.

[TxDispatcher]

I can do you one better than that...and I don't mean that as a one up ha

I built a hay bale blind last year, set it 25 yards from the feeder. Had a doe come in, stand 15 yards broadside, eating and staring at the blind. I lowered down below the window, drew back, raised up, sighted in, and released...and it sounded like a rifle went off and the arrow shattered. I'd hit the lower window panel section you've never heard deer blow and hightail it like that before! haha...along with the tremendous amount of laughter that was echoing out of the blind. It's amazing how one little wire can ruin your day...just be glad it wasn't on a bruiser buck this year I invested in a ladder stand, I don't worry about hitting wires anymore

[Bowhnter01]

Struck the Feeder pen

yep, first/only time i've drawn my bow on an animal was on a hog 2 years ago, it was right at dusk and all i saw was sparks and the hog proceeded to rip down 2 sides of my feeder pen and run away before i coud get another shot.

Oh man, I would have been really mad if that happened. Now I'm starting to think I should consider myself a little lucky.

[Bowhnter01]

Txdipatcher Im trying to drink coffee here. That's really funny.

And to add a little insult to injury I can't find the first arrow. And I think mr pig stepped on the Second when he was running away. That's the only way I can think of that will explain this.

[175gr7.62]

I just aim at the wire cause I know I ain't gonna hit it when I aim at it.

[AntlerCollector]

That sucks! Sorry to hear it

[Bowhnter01]

That sucks! Sorry to hear it

It's not so bad. beats the heck out being at the office that's for sure.

[kikn]

I missed a good hog because of wire deflection. Very annoying.

My favorite wire strike was hunting at night with nd3 pre night vision days. I was using Hornady amaxes and I told my friend Chris that I saw the sparks of the wire and I shot the fence wire, he called BS when we got to the pig it had at least 4 shrapnel wounds from the bullet exploding.

[justincorbell]

haven't hit a wire but two seasons back I was sittin in a ground blind when a doe came to my corn, I took my time got the camera adjusted and recording and took the shot when it presented itself, next thing I know it sounded like a rifle had gone off in my blind....... I had a clear shot at her but I did not have my bow high enough for my arrow to miss the folded over window to the blind when I released. long story short I shot thru a doubled over loose window and ended up hitting her way back, the shot was perfect up and down but the window caused it to fly about 2' to the left hitting her low just in front of her back legs.......we looked and looked and looked for her but never found her...still makes me shake my head to this day!

[WCB]

Either my buddy or his wife put a 30.06 round through a t-post shooting at a doe a couple of years ago. Post is still up at that pen and everytime we fill feeders we still laugh.

[Bisch]

How about this one? That is a feeder leg, I could not do this again if I was trying to, even if I had a 1000 trys at it!



IT HAPPENS!!!!

Bisch

[JayB]

Had a buddy shoot and miss a doe (rifle). We teased him about buck fever. It was not until the next season that we found a bullet hole in the edge of the square tubing leg...exactly where he claimed the deer to be standing.