I'm a 3rd year hunter,hunted bow only the first year. My first shot at a deer was a heart shot at 13 yards on the ground and my confidence was sky high after that. A week later I had a Doe come in at 15 yards, a perfect broadside just like my Buck a week earlier except this time I was 20 feet up in a tree. I blew a chip shot and lost a little confidence in my ability to shoot from an elevated positsion. The next year I missed my first Doe from the ground and was a little disapointed but it was a 35 yard shot. A couple of weeks later I was in the same stand I had missed from the year before and had a Doe come in at 10 yards,I took my time this time and got her with less than a perfect shot but recovered her. The last deer of the season was a 30 yard shot from an elevated positsion and it was perfect. My advice to you is keep on trying even if you miss and miss you will,but if your practicing at 30 yards and hitting a group of arrows in an apple sized pattern then take the shot you have practiced. If all you feel good about is a broadside shot then only take that shot and pass on the rest if the firing lane is clear. I have 3 hits and 2 misses in my short bow hunting career. I always want to take the best shot possible but sometimes even then you will miss,and I always want to miss the animal when I do but I'm sure sooner or later I will hit one and not find it for different reasons. Good luck and I hope you wet an arrow real soon.