I would rather miss completely than wound a deer. Unfortunatley i have done both but things like that happen over time. I will say this though, I have never felt like i was going to throw up from a complete miss like i have a wounded one. You will kick yourself in the butt for a while with a miss, but its better than that sick feeling that doesnt go away for a while. my deer this year i had to follow up with another shot because i didnt see a limb when looking through my peep. I felt horrible after the shot but got lucky enough to get another shot.