Now this is a great question. Last year, I drew back on what would have been my best buck with a bow. I calmly aimed in the "armpit area" . The thick-bodied brute was standing clueless at 18 yards, broadside. I couldn't believe my good fortune. Just a few days earlier I had killed my best buck, a 163" 12 pt with a muzzleloader , and less than a week later I was about to release on my 2nd best buck ever and best bowbuck. I instantly recognized the monster from 2 stealth cam pictures I had of him. I could already taste backstrap and see my 3rd P&Y buck on the wall asI let her fly.
It was then I almost suffered from a massive coronary. The string hit my coat and my arrow flew crazy.I remember seeing the fletch end dip and the whole arrow planed upward . The broadhead sailed through the buck just grazing the TOP of his spine. I was sick. As a matter of fact , I was still sick a month later, worried to death that the buck might be dead somewhere. I felt horrible.until on the last day of our gun season I got a phone call from my brother. He had been hunting that morning when the big boy come chasing a doe through. You don't need string clearance with a 30-06 and my brother was able to get him, on another property about a mile away from where I shot him. He is a basic 5x5 with several kickers, and grosses 153". I was so elated that he had survived my shot and even happier that my brother got him. He had lost a lot of weight but was definitely on the comeback trail. As a gift to my brother I gave him copies of the pictures I had plus I gave him my arrow, which still had the bucks blood on it from a month earlier. In return, he had the portion of the bucks hide where the bow wound was tanned and he gave it to me. Cool story , huh?

Anyhow, ever since that day, all I could think is how I should have had an armguard on , or something to hold my bulky coat sleeve down. You can bet your buttons I will be doing something different this year!!!