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First Day of Youth Season...kinda sucked.

Being new to hunting I am probably not the best person to be giving advice. However to me spending the day in the woods with my father would mean more to me than arrowing the Iowa state typical record. Cherish that time with your dad and gods creations everything else will come with time. Also if I would have given up looking last year when I was told too I would not have a deer on my wall right now. Slow down search real real hard for that deer. Make your shots count and have fun! Your season so far sounds like a blast just have fun with it and good luck!!
 
Teenagehunter: Missing or wounding a deer is part of growing up in deer hunting. Let me tell you if I sent you pictures of the deer I missed when I was 14-20 years old, wow several were nice.... at least one was 170+.

Don't get down, practice some more, but it comes down to confidence and repitition. Most of the guys on this site have been through what you have. I still miss and a few years ago made a shoulder shot with a bow on a doe and we never found her. It is frustrating and it happens, especially to young hunters.

The biggest thing is make mental notes, learn from your mistakes, learn from your tracking situations, it will make you a much better hunter.

Good luck!
 
TeenageHunter said:
I've already done this, I'm great until 60 yards with a shotgun. I just aimmed to high because I though the slug would drop faster but I was up about 6ft.
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I had a period of probably 5 years where I had absolutely NO CLUE as to how much my bullet would drop once it got past my sight in distance. I know in that time I over-shot a few deer. I always thought it would drop a lot more than it does. This is where time spent practicing with your gun will help out immensely. I am in no way saying you don't practice or anything like that, but when sighting your gun in, go shoot a few shots at 100 yards and 150 yards just to see what it does. Even if you never take a 150 yard shot, it will at least give you the knowledge of how much it does drop. Also, practicing and becoming proficient at longer range shots will make the 50 yarders seem like chip shots. Good luck out there and be safe!
 
TeenageHunter said:
I've already done this, I'm great until 60 yards with a shotgun. I just aimmed to high because I though the slug would drop faster but I was up about 6ft.
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What I ment by this was I was 6ft higher than the Deer.
 
just fyi unless your lobbing that slug way way out there theres no need to hold that high.. when i was still slug hunting i shot the xp3's and they only dropped 10-11 inches at 200 yards
 
Yeap, I echo what everyone else has already said. Sight your gun it at say 60 yards like you say, but then also shoot it at 10 yards, 20 yards, 40 yards, and out to 100. That way you know if your bullet will be hitting high at 20 or low at 100. At 20 yards you be able to put it behind the should and drop the hammer. You put in the time scouting with trail cameras. Just put in the time knowing exactly where the bullet will hit at certain distances. And once you figure this out, trust yourself. Don't second guess, just do what you have practiced.
 
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