RE: How bad are your misses?
Most of my shots in the yard, even though “missing” my intended aim, would still kill a deer. That’s really all that matters to me. Every great once in a while I get a weird thing where I just jerk badly at the moment of release. Its very rare, but results in a very far off shot. 1-2 feet off.
Now my past misses at deer, were usually never by too much, and nearly always for a misjudged yardage. There were a few that ducked. And my most recent miss was a combination of factors that were my fault, but all added up to just missing a doe. Even though I probably hit where I was aiming. To explain, my close pin was sighted in for 22 yds. She was 15 yds, & at 15 I’m a little high. I also tend to aim a little higher than most when it comes to shooting deer from a tree(but I am working on it) She was also REALLY on edge for some reason. Wind was good, she never looked up. All those things combined with my error to aim low to compensate for both the closeness of the shot AND her temperament sailed my arrow JUST over her back.