hey wis bow , before jumping down someones throat , maybe you could have asked if he was aiming for the neck. I do agree that a neck shot is not a good choice with a bow especially. But maybe the deer turned , or made some movement on the shot you know? or perhaps an arrow deflection or hitting his sleeve with the string. Im not trying to start anything , but perhaps it wasnt on purpose.

wesmac68....do you still hear the moaning???

Thanks for the defense guys. I did not mean to shoot it in the neck nor was I aiming for the neck. I was aiming for vitals and forgot that she was only 10 yards and not 20. I must have had my wrist cocked as well. I admit it was not my best shot.

I am sorry I am not as perfect as youWis bow hunter, I am sure that you have never missed or had a bad shot.Why don't you down load pics of all your great and perfectly placed shots so we can see them?

As far as the meat goes everything but the neck and probably one front shoulder will be good.

Sorry for jumping down your throat just seems alot fo neck shots are going around lately but now that I know what happend i do greatly appoligize. sorry if i missed something before. Just a good shot gone bad. better luck next time.

Yep, I had a similar situation when I had a buck duck at the shot and I spined him. I ended up emptying my quiver before clipping the femoral artery as he flopped around on the ground. Not something I'd like to repeat, but it did get the job done and the tracking was short.

Way to go there, wesmac68. Venison in the freezer!
As I was reading through the replys, I kinda figgered he wasn't aiming there, either. But it sure reminded me of another bad hit that turned out OK.
A friend had patterened deer that were moving from feed to bed every moring across a road into a swampy area. The only tree he could find to put his hang on stand was a smallish poplar tree in the ditch beside the road. He hung it there pre-dawn and waited for the deer to come.
As he waitied, the tree began to slooooowly bend toward the road. He tried shifting his weight the other way, but it kept sloooowly bending . By the time the deer came across the road, he was nearly out OVER the road, and hanging at a really wierd angle. But there were the deer, so he drew and shot, hitting the lead doe . . .













.... right in the eye.
She went down, he managed to get down, and that's the end of that story.

Accidental shot but the deer was recovered,better than a gut shot and a lost deer.Congrats.

Least you dropped here and not wounded her. She will taste great.

In the neck,, interesting shot choice. Lucky she ducked the way she did and was able to be put down quick. Now go get that buck.

congrats on the deer