I hear your pain!! In the 15 years I've been hunting with a recurve I could damn near of filled my walls with P&Y bucks going from 130 to 150 Inches If I was still shooting a compound. My max range Is right around that 20 yard mark give or take. Most of these bucks that I had to pass on were In that 20 to 30 yard range. Frustrating It can be but that's bowhunting and that's what happens when you shoot a short range bow like I do.
I love the challenge though!! I just need to step It up more as a bowhunter.