zrexpilot - For most people, theres a learning curve to archery and animals will be lost - cold hard facts. After setlling in and learning what bowhunting is, those losses become few and far between (or they should)

You could give up bowhunting, but is giving up in your blood ? If it isn' t, LEARN your equipment, and I mean spend tens or even hundreds of our in the offseason practicing and tinkering.

Will your setup shoot a bare shaft as well as a fletched one ? Can you place your arrow, first shot, in the kill zone just about every single time ? How many types of arrows and broadhead (combinations) have you tried in the offseason ? Do you 3D shoot ? Do you own a McKenzie target or practice at a bag ?

Bowhunting requires dedication to the sport - more so than a lot of people give IMO. Lack of dedication - or understanding of what bowhunting is - or a combination of those things (like your first experience with broadheads not flying like field points) results almost always in lost animals.

BTW - I shot a 250 pound live weight whitetail 3 weeks ago - with a longbow, 425 grain arrows and a Thunderhead and he dropped in 60 yards and 8-10 seconds dead as a hammer. Place a broadhead into an animals lungs and they WILL die faster than anything imaginable - much faster than rifle shots.

The arrow is amazingly lethal IF you put it where you' re suppose to.