I hit a big buck while I was on the ground right in the shoulder, he was broadisde at 20 yards when I drew, he turned towards me slightly and I thought I could make the shot. Im very confident in my shot but it was just one of those things. I found my arrow and it about 6 inches broke off so Im sure it was hard bone that I hit. I rarely hit an animal and dont recover it. I'll never take that shot again, although looking back I should have shot behind the shoulder a bit more. We had a real good blood trail for the first 20 yards then just dried up, I knew it wasnt going to end good unfortunately after that. Thanks goodness I saw him a week later, limping badly but he was alive. We also saw him a few more times and his limp was almost gone in January. I got this video of him a week after the encounter from 300 yards in early November, no tripod so its a little shaky. BTW, he walked right under my stand I was heading to when I shot this video. It looks like you can see dried blood down his front leg, but I may be wrong??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RyYhUekrXQ&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjzFPNmdwiI&feature=related