Y2K, I dislike the amount of bad hits as much as the next guy. But we must face it, it going to happen to nearly everyone some time or another. Your comment on ABILITY is the key. Many, many poor hits are not the fault of the equipment nor are they the fault of a hunter that does not practice. I cannot tell you how many times I have seen high placing tournament archers place bad shots on a deer. I've seen it with the best rifle shots around. In my opinion, the main reason for poor hits is not shooting at a spot on a deer. Call it excitement or whatever many hunters "shoot" at a WHOLE deer or a large portion of a deer.

I have personally witnessed a Marine Sniper miss easy shots on a game animal due to uncontrolable excitement. If we can figure out how to "teach" emotion control to hunters (very difficult)the amount of poorly hit animals would decrease significantly!