I feel for you. It' s our Muzzle loader season. I have been bowhunting, but with the 80 degree temps I decided to break out the muzzle loader yesterday. I had check the zero early in the week to make sure everything was ok. I had seen a nice buck on Monday of this week, just out of bow range. I missed a doe Saturday with the bow, and was a little frustrated. Well a big heavy tall 6 point appears off in the distance. Not " huge" but real heavy mass and tall Ivory antlers. I shooter for sure. It' s a longer shot, but with a good rest I know I can make it. Click goes the saftey and the sights are in place, boom the cloud of smoke rises, I can' t see anything. I wait an hour get down and go look. NOTHING! No blood, No hair, NOTHING! what happend. I go back to the house and shoot, the gun for some reason was shooting 8 to 9 inches high? I must have shot right over him!![:' (][:@]With the miss on Saturday and then yesterday I am not feeling all that good myself. I do know how you feel, sometimes we gamble and it pays off, sometimes not. I have found that by doing the right thing, it' s not always easy, but if you would have made a bad hit, it' s likely no one would enjoy that buck, at least now you allowed someone else to be happy, that counts for something. God works in funny ways, and he may have something bigger in mind for you? Then again this could be one of those " lessons" we all hate