ORIGINAL: ducsauce

Congrats on your first bow kill!

I agree that a second shot should have been in order but I'll even go farther than that. "I" would have let her get out a little farther from my tree to reduce the steep angle. Straight down or almost straight down shots should not be attemtped IMO. The odds of "spining" a deer under these conditions will increase greatly. Sure the deer will not go anywherebut I'm like you and hate seeing the deerin a paralyzed state.Just constructive critism. We've all made bad decisions but what makes a bowhunter a good bowhunteris the fact we learn from those mistakes.