I hear ya. If it don't feel just right, best to keep it in the quiver. Being up close and personal with them gives a certain satisfaction and lets you know you're not just caught up in a lust to spill blood. I expect anyone with enough passion for the sport to sit in front of a computer an talk about it to have the decerning taste and intuition when to harvest an animal and when to let them walk. I had that happen this year too. I am new to bow hunting, but an old hand with the smoke pole. Now, when that long necked old doe stepped out later, she was looking like backstrap, tenderloin, dry sausage, etc, but I got busted on myu draw by the spike under my feet. grumble, grumble. . . .