Groundhunter........I really hate seeing anyone getting hammered on. Most of these posts, believe it or not, are trying to help! Your inital tone to your post brought this out. You could have wrote the post differently and gotten totally differant tones in the responses. Bowhunters have a ton of discipline. Knowing their kill range, (mine is 30 yards, if all variables are perfect, I've bowhunted for 16 years, I can shoot great at 40 yards and pretty darn good at 50. But I can't do that hunting) Another discipline is practice. You must practice to know your limits. Because of all the discipline, control and sometimes restraint, bowhunters don't usually let blaming their equipment be an excuse. Your post just rubbed people the wrong way. Anyone can mess up on a deer, in fact I'll bet almost everyone here has, if they haven't, they probably haven't hunted for very long! Good luck on your next deer, it'll be a success!

Good Luck!