Cisco, I was thinking the same thing myself.

Not trying to put anyone down here, but from the sounds of it there is a lack of shooting practice going on. The time to practice is at the range, at paper targets and not live deer. An occasional miss is understandable, but if you miss more shots at deer than you make something just ain't right.

I don't practice as much as I should myself, but I've only made two bad shots in my life.......a bad hit on the first deer I ever shot at, and one clean miss with a muzzleloader. Know what you are capable of before heading into the woods.

As far as this year........took one shot and tagged one buck, a young 8 point. One shot, one kill

BTW - mow em down, was the 27# weight the whole deer or just the meat?