A.K.A.... I think at 15 yards with something the size of an elk all you would beable to see would be hair. How do you miss something that big at that range? Ahhhh... I think it' s called PANIC... BUCK FEVER... OH MY GOD WHAT NOW... ETC ETC Sounds like if it' s true.... the Moment of Truth.... did it' s thing on him.[] It happens to the best of ' em at sometime or other in their bowhunting career. I once knew an Olympic Medalist that shot and shot and hunted and shot and took 6 or 7 years before finally getting a deer... GO FIGURE. The pressure of the moment was always so terrifying to her compaired to the pressure of a target line with a few hundred gawkers.