Took a shot at a deer today after sighting in my rifle, felt like a new hunter heart was racing and I did it.....I jerked the trigger violently and flinched ontop of that.
It stood still for a few moment and then took off running (this shot was at 50 yards) Thought I had hit em and got a sinking feeling in my gut so I grabbed my jacket and tracked the trail for around an hour and a half before coming to a clearing so I pulled out some binoculars and luckily I see all 3 of them down in the clearing walking around (this is around 150yards away I'm up hill and down wind) Needless to say under no circumstance was I about to take another shot, my self confidence is low enough.
My main questions are. What are YOUR personal bad experiences (maybe I wont feel so bad lol)
Two, best way to get rid of a flinch? I'm going to do alot more shooting today after this light drizzle goes away. I picked up another box of 150 and figured id try and shoot about half of it and get rid of the flinch and jerky trigger pull I think both were mostly due to the nervousness of the hunt, something ive never had before, but there is a first time for everything eh?
It stood still for a few moment and then took off running (this shot was at 50 yards) Thought I had hit em and got a sinking feeling in my gut so I grabbed my jacket and tracked the trail for around an hour and a half before coming to a clearing so I pulled out some binoculars and luckily I see all 3 of them down in the clearing walking around (this is around 150yards away I'm up hill and down wind) Needless to say under no circumstance was I about to take another shot, my self confidence is low enough.
My main questions are. What are YOUR personal bad experiences (maybe I wont feel so bad lol)
Two, best way to get rid of a flinch? I'm going to do alot more shooting today after this light drizzle goes away. I picked up another box of 150 and figured id try and shoot about half of it and get rid of the flinch and jerky trigger pull I think both were mostly due to the nervousness of the hunt, something ive never had before, but there is a first time for everything eh?
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