I'll side with Bobco on this one. Too much junk in the way to pary the arrow. The spine straight on is a tough bugger. With this shot you're hoping to miss all the bad possibilities and have EVERYTHING go your way. That's why we love the broadside shot, What bad possibilities...NOT MANY. When you have to start saying, "If I can do this, and if this doesn't happen........"... well, you're already in a bad situation. You want to take this shot then do it. I suspect that 50 percent of the time you'll beable to give us a first hand story as to "WHY NOT".