bob,
I know what your going through. i have ate a tag (archery season) for the last 5 years, trying to fill the tag with a good buck. then settled for a small 7 point or a small 8 point in rifle season. I felt a little empty inside after those hunts. I also have felt the same feeling as to see a great animal after i shot my buck. In 1998 i shot a small 8 point on
Oct 07th. and in November that same year i was hunting a doe when i had a 9 point 18 / 19 spread, come into 12 yards. That really sucked.
1998 wasmy first buck kill with a bow. (first bow kill in 97 wasa doe).

Doesnt get any easier brother, you have to decide when and where to pull the trigger and by happy with it when you do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

best of luck to ya

Congrats on a trophy, any buck with a bow is a trophy, just some go on the wall as amount and others go on the wall as a skull plate or a skull cap.

chris