RE: How many deer have you missed with bow?
Off hand, two does (one last year) and two bucks.
One buck was a Texas ten point at 18 yards. Nice, nice deer. I didn' t actually miss, but I couldn' t come to full draw because my bow was making this horrible little sound on the draw I never heard before that hunt. Everytime I went to draw, the deer would look my direction-dead at me. In hindsight I wish I' d yanked it back and let the cards fall. But instead I decided if I let him feed off casually I might a crack at him tomorow with my other bow. Never saw him again.
Turned out my axles needed lubing. Darn little noise, nice time to show up!!