Buck Magnet,
Your not a moron in my book in my years of shooting I have done some of the same things. I think one of the best shots that I have made was when I was around the age of 12 shooting a 35lb recurve I was shooting at a stump in our yard in the middle of winter when I released the arrow it glanced off the right side of the frozen stump. The arrow made a right hand turn and right into the side of our above ground pool. Lets just say Mom and Dad were not very happy!!!!!!