Here’s over 100 funny excuses for missing the target.
- There was a fly in my sight.
- The wind was blowing.
- I all of a sudden got a really bad headache.
- I didn’t pull the trigger. There was a mosquito and I tried to kill it.
- Well … the bar was open.
- I just did not want to wear out the center of the target.
- No wind.
- Rain on my glasses.
- There was movement behind the target.
- I had a tricky calm to deal with.
- The bullets are just not going were I aim them.
- The photographer standing behind me was taking pictures and going click, click, click.
- I did this one on purpose.
- I just wanted to give others a chance to beat me!
- I couldn’t see. The target was so bright my shots kept veering off.
- My bullets and my guns were having a little dissagreement.
- I made my gun sleep by herself last night.
- My wife won’t let me practice in the living room anymore!
- The sunlight came from behind and reflected off my target.
- I left my own bullets at home and had to use someone else’s.
- Sorry, held my gun upside down.
- Got my nose tangled in the sight.
- What do you mean am I left-handed?
- A bee stung my trigger finger.
- The earth moved.
- I haven’t had that lobotomy yet: I’m still thinking when I shoot.
- I was just aiming where your shots hit on the target to keep you company.
The sight got caught on my mustache!
- Practice makes perfect I don’t want to be that good.
- Just as I was locked on target there was an earth tremor!
- Need to get my hands tuned! My right hand will not pull the trigger while my left hand holds the gun.
- I don’t want all the other people hitting my target.
- That bullets have been shooting funny all day.
- Oh….You mean I was supposed to hit THAT target?
- Who said I missed?
- Your target was too easy so I picked a different one.
- My breath fogged my scope.
- The target is just an optical illusion.
- The guy behind me was chanting “Miss it, miss it.”
- I lost my sight in the action.
- F-f-flinch…. I n-never f-f-flinch.
- Why did I miss? Well for once I wanted to see what it felt like.
- My nose hairs got caught in the scope.
- I neglected to allow for the rotation of the earth again!
- All I needed was just one more bullet.
- Well…I was testing the direction of the wind!
- The helicopter, aircraft, bird etc. al. distracted me.
- My lucky hat wasn’t on backwards.
- My boobs got in the way.
- I wasn’t shooting very well, ’cause I was half asleep!
- I paid for a whole target, I use the WHOLE target.
- It was so cold out my fingers were frostbitten, so I couldn’t pull my trigger.
- The release went off and I wasn’t ready!
- I had a full bladder.
- I picked up the wrong gun.
- My trigger went off prematurely.
- It was lunch time so I wanted to get it over with so I could eat.
- The teacher was wearing yellow, how the heck was I supposed to know which YELLOW target to aim for?
- What do ya mean, three aces aren’t good enough?
- The batteries went dead in my ipod, or there was a song change half way through the shot.
- Cold weather, high pressure, altitude, and 100% humidity caused the bullet to miss – I think.
- I’m from the plains and I never shoot in hills like this.
- The wind was blowing from the back and my hair got in the way of my eyes.
- About the time that I pulled the trigger I noticed just how tight her jeans really were.
- I always hate to put holes in a new target.
- My friend told me I had a screw loose.
- Well it was aimed right when I pulled the trigger.
- My bullets are too expensive, so I couldn’t use a all of them.
- I did it on purpose.
- The trigger slipped because my hands are full of Vaseline.
- I’m just trying to SCARE the target.
- I forgot to put the bullet in.
- I need to replace the spring. The speed of my bullets vary too much.
- I’m used to 10 yards. I think that was 12.
- It was so hot in there that my glasses kept sliding down my nose.
- It was so hot in there that my cheek kept sliding off the wood of my rifle.
- I never did a 60 shot match before. I’m used to 40 so I got tired on the last 20.
- That TL tube was flickering.
- The targets were too badly lighted.
- I wanted to punch out the black by making a perfect circle around it.
- Oh, you have to hit THAT white dot? geez…
- Isn’t 0.5 millimetres a bit small to hit from 10 meters?
- Somebody must have changed my trigger pressure.
- My trigger wasn’t screwed on right, it kept shifting its position.
- Halfway my bullets ran out, and I wasn’t used to the new one.
- It’s too noisy here, I can’t concentrate.
- I’m not used to having a video camera pointed at my target as well. It makes me nervous to know that everybody can see what I shoot.
- The guy beside me kept shooting 10s and I got envious so I couldn’t concentrate.
- Try to concentrate with a girl like that right in front of you.
- The guy in front of me was left-handed, and I’m not used to looking somebody in the face.
- I’m not used to facing the wall.
- The target transporters were too noisy.
- My target transporter kept stopping when it was halfway so I had to constantly press the button again which threw me off my concentration.
- Well I’m not shooting well, so next year I’ll be in C instead of B, so I’ll actually have a chance of winning.
- The trainer told me to take my time, but my time was starting to run out so I didn’t have the time to concentrate well on those last ten shots.
- I had just oiled my leather jacket, so the rifle kept sliding down my shoulder.
- I had just oiled my glove, so my hand kept sliding down my rifle.
- I had a small wound on my left hand, and that glove doesn’t sweat so the sweat got in it. That was very irritating.
- The lighting wasn’t good enough.
- Well, on our course it’s always cool, and on this court it wasn’t. I’m not used to that.
- I had to go to the restroom after the 25th shot, and when I came back my zero position had shifted so I had to re-calibrate my rifle, which took a few shots.
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