yea, I know the feeling. My first deer/buck w/a bow was that way. I had an old noisy slow browning, you know w/laminated wood riser, & he jumped at the string. Turns out, he turned & the arrow stuck him from behind in one leg, thru his scrotum, & into the other leg. He ran probably 100yds. Man I felt sorry for him. Nothing should have to die that way. Much better if it's a quick kill. To have compassion is not soft, it's called being human.