You know you've found a good one when she will go hunting with you, film you, support you, and most importantly; take that enthusiastic of a fist bump :)

This was a fun one! I felt so bad at the end 😩

It's either the branch or the swhacker that failed you on that hunt. Mech's always have the risk of deploying wrong, I would much rather not have those risks and just go fixed.

Chris I live in Illinois. You’ve truly helped me learn so much This was my 1st year hunting and learning how to use a bow. Your a big inspiration

I love how humble you are, do not ever lose that. You exhausted all resources in trying to find him, alot of people dont, and thats sad. Great video's , love you a Katie together. Thank You both.

Has no idea where he hit but precedes to yell smoked him

Talk about synchronicity, I live in rural Ohio and just saw raccoons doing the same thing in a big tree in my front yard today, but in my case, it was a mom raccoon and a baby raccoon making their way up to a tree hole.

You put out great content. Love the fact that you put these videos out showing that mishaps happen. Win some lose some it happens.

Chris- great video. You’re reaction is so real. Probably your best natural reaction all season.

Im glad you posted the true moments to bowhunting! Its challenging, hard, but in the end worth it. These things happen, and need to be seen that we are all human, and no one is perfect! Keep up the great content, brotha! Ive been watching your stuff for years now... Was real close to "Rocket" when I was stationed up in Alaska.

Great capture of the full range of emotions that happen when you release that arrow and start tracking, way to keep it honest for your viewers.

Chris, love your videos, you are the one that got me into bow hunting 👍

It happens to all of us!! Only difference is you have a camera on you. 👍

Thanks for sharing this story. One thing to work on/practice would be using manual focus on your camera. Takes some time to get comfortable with it but makes a huge difference on filming in heavy timber like that. Really enjoyed this hunt.

This was a badass video still just seeing that buck all fired up.

Oh yess, now it's 11:00pm where i live and i must see the new vid. It's always the best day when chris uploads 🔥🥳🏹

Why did he not pop up for my recommendation for a while 🤣🤣 I missed him

Thanks for releasing the footage and keeping it real!

Keepin' it real! Love it man. Happens even to the best of us

I feel your pain, did it this year on the biggest buck I’ve ever shot at, worst feeling ever 😞

Every bow hunter going through tough situations like you so don't feel too bad. I have been through it and is the feeling that keep eating up inside when come to think about it. Remember to take it as a lesson and a regretful story to share with family and friends.

Sweet Video as always Chris! Thanks for sharing the ups and downs!

Camping and hunting together, that's so damn cool! Bummed you didn't get him! It looked like shooting lanes were really tight. You're right, bow hunting is hard. But that's why we really like it!

Taken a lot of tips from you, and with those I'm tagged out in AZ for mule deer... LETS GOO

Had the same happen to me this year on a big 9 pointer, sucks to see it happen to you , but Ik it made us better for next year!

That miss will make the next harvest that much sweeter. Keep up the grind brother! Lovin the content

Wow I didn't see that coming at all. I thought for sure you got that one. Damn man. That sucks, I've been there too tho. It's sad but it's all part of it

Props to you for showing a realistic part of hunting that many other you tubers like to act doesn’t happen.

A branch cost me a big one too! It hurts but it’s how it goes somedays and it adds to the feeling of success when you get it done🤘great vid and you’ll get him next time

Been there.. Sucks, but it happens to the best of us. Thanks for sharing this hunt. Love the Kaitlyn cameo!

Appreciate the honesty. I show it like it is on my channel and have been blasted for it on occasion. I actually did an experiment several years back where I posted a not so good shot and talked bad about it in the video. A majority of comments were blasting me for a terrible shot. Many comments were downright disrespectful comments. I finally got sick of the comments so I deleted that hunt after several months then re-edited it talking "good" about the bad shot and talked about it as being unfortunate and I had very few bad comments. Lesson learned was, even if it's a terrible shot, if you talk positively about a terrible shot, there are a lot less negative comments. Must be a psychological thing. Thanks for sharing the hunt. All the best Chris.

Chris and Kaitlyn! Love y’all’s channels. If you guys ever decide to come to Texas and take a break from hunting and want to catch some redfish, I would love to put y’all on some donkeys 🎣

Love the content Chris!! Keep it coming 🤙 🐝

Great vids when hunting woods always hunt the ridges the bucks like to walk on high points so they can pick up on does 👍 nice buck

Kaitlyns poor hands (not saying she couldnt take the love taps) but wow you were throwing full on haymakers man hahahah. Awesome video enjoy getting to watch your hunts! one day I hope to take some of these awesome trips and see those amazing places! Keep up the good work man

I’m glad you put that part where you didn’t make a good shot. Unlike most hunting KZfaq videos this shows the reality of hunting and how nothing ever goes as planned.

I remember when you posted that on Instagram. I had the exact same thing happen to me on a 140 in buck about 2 days before yours

You should do a video on how to get into tournament archery

We've all been there and lost a buck for one reason or another, it's never any fun. I recently moved away from expandables, fixed blade VPAs will be in my quiver from now on. I've done a lot of testing with them and they fly beautifully out of a properly tuned bow. They are made near my home town in Indiana and there is plenty of evidence of real-world success to convince me to go with VPAs. They are a rock solid, one piece design and durable.

Great video even with a gun or crossbow things can happen. Spent a day and a half looking for a big doe my uncle hit about the same spot with his rifle, seen the doe the first week of Jan running around the field again about the same time of day. Very little blood at the impact and nothing after for almost 50 yards and even then was just a couple drops. Keep your head up.

Thanks for posting the good hunts and the not so good ones too. Accidents happen. A lot of guys would have not have posted this video and instead uploaded another one that was successful. Good hunting!

Can we get more vids of you two? Keep up the hard work! Also have a good day!

chris your a motivation to keep being a better bowhunter and thanks to you i hunted my biggest buck with a bow 40 yards and it included that under armour like it

It happens to most of us bowhunters at one time or another. Thanks for keeping it real. Your channel and a few others I watch do this and whether the hunt is successful or not they are the most fun channels to watch. Thanks for your videos. I love them.

Man, I've tried filming hunts before and auto focus vs. manual focus is a big issue. Trying to get it figured out while a big buck is in front of you is the worst. Great job getting it done

Thanks for sharing such a tough hunt. We can all learn from it.

oh man that one hurts ! But it happens ! Good stuff man 👊🏾

Dude dude dude! I feel your pain brah! Missed what would have been my second largest deer every this year....muzzleloader late season Canada up in here. Watching you with the bow, hanging off the side of that oak....riveting.....gotta get me a bow and do this form of hunt. Cheers Bee

Chris I love it videos ur the one that got me into deer hunting

Awesome video I love it when you upload ,your videos have helped me do better with my bow

It happens. Thanks for sharing even though it didn’t go the way you wanted

I’ve had two situations like this with the same buck last year and this year and he seems to always make my shot hard. Glad I’m not the only one with bad luck!

Great job buddy sorry u didn't get that big buck! I live in Illinois and have shot some really nice bucks! Good luck in the the future!!

It’s hard not to get excited. Learn from it and it will make you a better hunter. Love the videos

Don’t feel bad guy , we have all not got a deer bow hunting, leaves , limbs and deer moving , better luck next time , you will get em.

YO CHRIS... LOVE THE VIDS

Will happen to all bowhunters if they hunt enough. In October 2017 I missed the one of the biggest bucks I’ve ever seen at 14 yards. Got too amped up, rushed my shot and shot right under him.

Happens to us all. Especially in that last 15 or 20 minutes of legal light.

Tough break , thanks for sharing even the pros have bad days !

You’ve been my go too when I’m taking the Browns to the Super Bowl this past week. Much appreciated 😉

Fixed blade broadhead slides right past that branch and kills the deer... expandable deploys because it nicks a branch, deer runs off and survives. I’ll stick with my fixed blades.

When you posted I had to go to archery practice 😫😫😫😫😫

I had something like that happen this past season. Everything was set up nicely. The buck was not more than 15 yards away and broadside but I just clipped the bottom of the window on the blind which sent the arrow a little high and I just missed the top of the lungs. Unfortunately it would’ve been my first deer with a bow which sucks that this happened and it sucks that it happened to you on such a nice deer. You will get one next time.

Your vids are awesome can’t wait tell in doing the same thing you are keep up the good work!!

Hard luck man. You deserved that one, that being said awesome job to show even the not so successful hunts! 🙌🏹

Bruh!! That’s one of the worst feelings ever! Sorry you couldn’t get him.

Don't beat yourself up Chris, you're a great shooter, and probably never even saw that twig. Bravo to you for being honest enough to show this and I'm rooting for you to get one of those true midwest monsters. If sending an arrow at a monarch like that doesn't get someone emotional, they need to move on to a different endeavor

Thanks for sharing bud! Keep on livin the dream!

Damn that’s tough, he was a giant!

Your content is amazing. Keep up the good work.

I just had the same thing happen to me last night. I was shooting a rage and I hit the biggest buck of my life in that muscle tissue. A little bit of blood here and there, but he’s alright and now he has some bling. Aka my arrow.

You inspired me to buy a Mathews V3 31 👍 love it so far. Thanks

Nice shot that was a SUPER big buck!!!!

I respect, completely, that you shared this.

Hey Chris, love the videos, keep up the hard work

Chris bee your a big inspiration for me and one day ill become a pro archer like you

Much respect for showing this Chris you are a class act!

Thanks for sharing, we all can learn from this ... this is the real world.

Chris buddy, all that proves is that you are human!!! You are a living hooter shooter keep up the good work.

Chris man I think I had the same thing happen to me two years ago on what would be my biggest buck to date 19 yards but I was up about 28 feet and the angle was steep and the following day I found tiny branch about ten yards from the deer that I may have hit I was using fixed blades and the arrow had nothing on it at all but I found first blood about 20 yards from impact and followed dark red blood for about 300 yards or more then found a bed with dried blood and long white hairs ...a week later about 3 miles away my buddy saw a huge 8 point walking with a small limp and had hair missing right in the same spot as that brown thing in this video !!!! I’m hoping he made it I spent a week grid searching and found nothing

I'm still excited to go shotgun whitetail hunting. I got 10.5 more painful months to wait.

As soon as he started making that rub Christopher and as soon as he started doing that scrape right there he was showing you his dominance you should have took that as a sign to keep calling to him you could have brought him closer anybody else that reads this that's what I would do I think

I really like the camera work.

I hunt just outside of St. Louis, west of the county and lost a doe due to a small stick i didn't see. Hang in there!

I had that happen my first time bow hunting nicked a limb and cut the does front leg it really sucks

Those are Hickory nuts my man!

Really enjoy your videos, handsome Chris and beautiful Miss Maus and full of admiration for the frank disclosure, but do you guys not have access to a tracking dog service in any of the areas you hunt?

Thanks for another great video Chris. Sorry it didn’t turn out the way you wanted, but stuff happens beyond our control. You have nothing to be ashamed of you did everything to complete the harvest. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could clear all the tiny limbs out of our way prior to making the shot?

You should shoot lighted knocks Chris that might help especially with filming to see where your shots impact. Love the videos man! Heartbreaker.

Im’ thinking go back and listen to the release. Sounds like you string caught some clothes or something, which would also easily account for a low hit.

As always. Best KZfaq channel ever!

We appreciate the honesty.

Been there, done that. Thanks for sharing.

Can’t beat Midwest big deer hunting. I always hunt IL and WI

That mic makes u be able to hear your hear bet at like 14:00-14:12

I am there all the time and the mounts on the inside are sweet

Looks like one I prepped for years ago, shot the bow night before, checked all my screws, I knew he was gonna be back, let the arrow fly and I heard hollow aluminum, my height screw was loose😭😭 over the back and never seen again

This is why your channel is the best. Real hunting. Bee Real

Another great video. You didn’t get him but that’s bow hunting. Want it easy? Pick up a gun lol awesome footage

Hey I met u before thanks for being awesome