Stealthy - I know where you're trying to head with your comments but there's another side to what you are saying (as there always seems to be - just kidding man). We as bow hunters know that deer have to be close. Everyone has a different view of what close is. I personally will not take a shot beyond 30 yards and more times than not wait until that distance is closed down to 20 or less. BUT, I have missed deer at 14 yards. This was my fault, for whatever reason, I blew the shot. The point I'm trying to make here is we cannot judge another person by their misses simply because missing is part of shooting anything be it a bow or a gun. Since I've missed at 14 yards, does that mean I am grounded from making that same shot again? Absolutely not, that's nuts. This does however mean that I will think through the shot for weeks on end pinpointing exactly what I've done wrong in order not to do it again, but eliminating that shot from my bag isn't the thing to do. I think that's what GH is going through - by saying he would take the shot again means that he has enough confidence to effectively make that shot but something went wrong. Probably those cheap useless mechanicals!