What's the camp penalty for a missed shot ?

[Bushmoose]

Did he sight his rifle in beforehand? If he didn't, he should be banned to the kitchen. Some would argue he should be banned from the gang. No excuse for not properly sighting in your rifle BEFORE the hunt.

[little brit]

Shot of Jager for each shot missed. Turns into an interesting night for some...lol.

[D782]

We have 2. The first one is the dog man cuts your shirt tail and it goes on the wall of shame. The next morning when you feel that chill up your back it reminds you to keep shooting. The second is we have an orange hat with "misser" on it. You get the "privilege" of wearing it until the next guy misses (if you miss you hope it's early in the week). It has been a tradition in our camp for over 25 years and it's all in good clean fun. All of our guys take it in stride and the misses are more fun than the kills. We also have a camp diary and there is always a good story of the hunt written in there.

To those who say it causes people to not shoot it doesn't seem to slow our guys down. It is all taken lightly and it makes the time away that much more enjoyable.

Ps the inclusion of 2 way radios has made the stories that much better :-)

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[maximum chaos]

We have 2. The first one is the dog man cuts your shirt tail and it goes on the wall of shame. The next morning when you feel that chill up your back it reminds you to keep shooting. The second is we have an orange hat with "misser" on it. You get the "privilege" of wearing it until the next guy misses (if you miss you hope it's early in the week). It has been a tradition in our camp for over 25 years and it's all in good clean fun. All of our guys take it in stride and the misses are more fun than the kills. We also have a camp diary and there is always a good story of the hunt written in there.

To those who say it causes people to not shoot it doesn't seem to slow our guys down. It is all taken lightly and it makes the time away that much more enjoyable.

Ps the inclusion of 2 way radios has made the stories that much better :-)

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thats the response the OP was asking for lol. way to go D7, sometimes people just dont get it

[blasted_saber]

Did he sight his rifle in beforehand? If he didn't, he should be banned to the kitchen. Some would argue he should be banned from the gang. No excuse for not properly sighting in your rifle BEFORE the hunt.

I'd never hunt with someone who'd argue that. Quite frankly they'd be an a-hole. Missing should be viewed as a learning/teaching experience.

There are reasons besides not sighting a gun in that someone can miss. Buck fever. A twig. Just plain bad luck. The best marksmen in the world will miss at some point, and lets not forget WE ALL START SOMEWHERE and being a good shot takes practice up to and including on live game. Setting a gun on a sandbag and firing off a bench is vastly different then taking a free hand shot at a live animal.

Ive never failed to kill a large game animal Ive pulled the trigger on. I have no illusions my perfect record will stand forever.

[Horridfiber101]

Think you nailed in Blasted-
He could barely recount the story of the moose; I 'm thinking buck fever.
Compounding that- it turns out it was a new to him gun and wasn't sighted in.
So that extends the margin of error.

Good news is no Ravens !! Hoping that means just a good clean miss.

[patvetzal]

I've always thought the hunt captain should take him and his gun to the range.
After many years of some hits but many misses we learned that one old guy had no idea how to aim his gun! The hits had been pure luck with his autoloader...

[werner.reiche]

I've always thought the hunt captain should take him and his gun to the range.
After many years of some hits but many misses we learned that one old guy had no idea how to aim his gun! The hits had been pure luck with his autoloader...

That's hard to understand - but I guess its possible.

Our guys can all shoot adequately and have pretty good rifles. Misses tend to be a) buck fever related and b) impatience (likely related to a).

[trimmer21]

In our camp,the misser gets to turn his hat backwards and does the supper dishes.....by himself......while everyone else laughs at him.

[blasted_saber]

There is teaching point #1. Never go on a hunt with a rifle you havent personally shot before, or at the very least know its owner who can vouch for its accuracy.

A new gun will never he acceptably accurate from the store. Always fire it beforehand. I would rather our guys know their guns are ready then worry about spooking game around camp by the shots required to test accuracy.

Think you nailed in Blasted-
He could barely recount the story of the moose; I 'm thinking buck fever.
Compounding that- it turns out it was a new to him gun and wasn't sighted in.
So that extends the margin of error.

Good news is no Ravens !! Hoping that means just a good clean miss.