Best “ALMOST GOT HIM” one liners

[FREAK]

He's nice but nah, I'll see a bigger one . (first elk hunt, didn't see another for 3 years)

Sounds like my first 3 years of elk hunting. Now I set the bar at “if his brow tines go up I’m sending one.”

 

[Hunter4Life78]

Shit....I missed!!!

 

[EYJONAS!]

He's nice but nah, I'll see a bigger one . (first elk hunt, didn't see another for 3 years)

I took two guys once had them both on 5s at about 250 yards as the elk were going into the trees. I said they are both respectable bulls anyone would be happy to have. They looked at eachother and said we came out for 6 pts.

To my knowledge neither of them have killed a bull to this day and that was about 8 years ago.

Elk are humbling.

 

[Flatbrimmer]

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This hunting season...

"No training wheels"

Saw him walking out his back door at 45 or so yards. Nothing i could do with a recurve.

I was inside 25 but needed to move down a ledge to put him in view. I got down, nocked and arrow, stood up to shoot and saw that.

Took a few pics as he walked away, then walked the half mile back to the truck.

I’ve spent too much time trying to find what’s in the picture…? Lol

 

[mevertsen]

I’ve spent too much time trying to find what’s in the picture…? Lol

 

[Beignet]

“Must have the wrong choke tube in here.” Is my go-to for missing birds on the wing.

 

[Flatbrimmer]

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That’s the same picture on zoom!? wow…

 

[FREAK]

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This hunting season...

"No training wheels"

Saw him walking out his back door at 45 or so yards. Nothing i could do with a recurve.

I was inside 25 but needed to move down a ledge to put him in view. I got down, nocked and arrow, stood up to shoot and saw that.

Took a few pics as he walked away, then walked the half mile back to the truck.

“I enjoy watching them more than packing them out”

“I had all the fun without the pack out”

 

[Hunter4Life78]

Voices in my head:" Why didn't you shoot him?"
Me:"I thought you were gonna shoot him"

German Voice in head: Some German words (remember I don't speak German) (see entertainment in solo camp thread for explanation)

 

[Flatbrimmer]

Literally yesterday morning.
“Shot right over him..”
“He jumped the string”

 

[mevertsen]

That’s the same picture on zoom!? wow…

Another picture. I zoomed in on my phone to take the pic. I had about a minute of watching him walk away.

 

[mevertsen]

How about this one....

"missed his bed by 100 yards"

 

[mdcrossbow]

Got caught holding my D... !

 

[Sasquatchewan]

Not quite 160 then they show up to camp 3 days later on the last day with a 143 forkie.

 

[Sasquatchewan]

Greasy dude rolling into town with a forkie in the truck: "I passed a 180 but shot this guy instead, can't eat the horns".

Weird guy from work: "I always pass the big ones, they taste like shit".

 

[trb]

The 300 variations on blaming a range finder.

"Unfortunately my rangefinder must have picked up..."

 

[Art Vandeley]

 

[Nick87]

You can't eat the horns.

 

[Slm864]

He snuck in while I was playing candy crush

 

[Slm864]

Forgot to chamber a round