I had my first BIG Deer encounter with a bow on Columbus Day at 9:10am. My guess is he would have scored 150-160". I was hunting in a blind with a strong South windI was positioned at the North side of this really thick hedge row that's about 60 yards wide and 400 yards long andknew the farmer was going to be cutting beans this day. Sure enough the combine got the deer moving, I had about 15 does run within 15-20 yards of me, but I knew this spot was a BIG Buck bedding area, so I held back. Sure enough I spot massive antlers running right at me, he's following a big doe, and she's the ONLY one who stayed in the timber, all the others were running the edge of the field. So she gets a mere 3-4 yards from me, I am already at full draw, she stops, stares at me, then "blows" which cause him to lock up at 8-10 yards. his vitals werepartly behind some brush and a smaller tree, so I placed my pin a little closer to the shoulder not wanting to hit the tree, I hit myrelease and my arrow goes even a little more right than I had hoped and slams into his shoulder. he spun around,it took all of 2 jumps before my arrow fell out. I picked my arrow up and only the broadhead had blood on it, I wanted to vomit on the spot. We looked around for 4 hours and never found a single drop of blood. I still can not believe I didn't get any more penetration then that at 8 yards and 68 pounds draw with my Muzzy 100gr. I can't shake that memory out of my head, I've had 2 dreams about it since then. It's a horrible feeling that I don't want anyone to experience. I am 99% sure that the deer is going to be just fine, a little sore for awhile, but he will live. I choked big time, and also learned a life changing lesson, WAIT until he's completly in the clear before I hit my release. I almost didn't want to tell this story, but it's like therapy for me, the more I talk about it, the less it hurts. Sorry for rambling.