RE: Was this a bad shot?
For one it's illegal to kill a deer with a field point. It is not a good shot to take with a bow period. The one guy said if it's the only shot he had he would take it. If you only had a shot at the foot or the rear end would you take it? Just because you can hit the deer somewhere on it's body doesn't mean you should. Why try to prove your some super stud hunter and take a head shot. So much can go wrong with a shot like that. A guy I know wanted to kill a deer with a head shot with his bow. I tried to talk him out of it but he did it anyway. A small yearling came in and he shot it and he hit it across the bridge of the nose. He said the nose just dropped down and the deer started running around in a circle bawling and licking its nose. He was lucky he was able to get a second shot into the lungs and put it down. He said he felt bad watching the deer after the hit and he would never try that again.
If you can't respect an animal more than that then your hunting for the wrong reasons.If you said this is a good shot then you should ask yourself some questions. Does the fact that the deer died justify taking that shot with a bow? Do you care this is a low percentage shot? The fact is if you take this shot you just don't care and you shouldn't be hunting until you learn what your doing.