Okay where are the flames? I'm suprised no one has said anything about ethical quick kills and never having lost an animal and what is the point of this post, etc. If this had been someone else this thread would be three pages long by now with criticisms. Constructive criticism and encouraging words are all we see. This is the way these types of threads should be. I wish we'd extend the same kind of curteousy to the other posters as we do Rob. Of course if someone posts something stupid, like making a head shot on a doe with an arrow, then they should get a strong response. I'm wondering what some of those with "perfect" records will do when they have their first unrecovered deer, commit seppuka?

Rob, sorry you lost him. Hopefully he will recover quickly and offer a rematch. I shot a six once because he ducked I hit high in no-man's-land and he ran off and I couldn't find him. Come rifle season he walked under my stand with a scar on his back. I let him go that time. Another hunter shot him last day of the season and I got to see him up close and he had a triangle scar above his shoulder but seemed fine otherwise. That's the great thing about sharp arrows, they can heal fast and clean.