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It's bound to happen, archery takes some practice as I've come to learn and a steady hold to place the arrow on the bulls eye. I'm no archery expert by any means, I use an older compound, that was top of the line in it's day, got it second hand, the late models today, have more relief on the pull after you snap over, makes it so much easier to hold. Mine has good velocity and I'd not want to be on the recieving end of it ! I have correctly measured arrrows, tips for my set up, archery shop helped me get set up, and use only my 20 yd pin, as I have not mastered 30 yds yet. I can hit a bulls eye at 20, repeatedly. Then I took a deer replica target, got set up in my stand, used a range finder to locate a pin for 20 yds, practiced heart shots directly from my stand, to the 20 yd mark in the clover patch. I think practicing out of your stand with a life size target, will help you get as comfortable taking a shot as you are with a rifle, muzzle loader, shotgun etc. It worked for me. Last year, I had a small buck walk into my killing zone, I have passed on many, but held my pull on a few, just to practice sighting in. I hit that buck directly in the heart area. He went 100 yds to the north and I waited so as not to push him any further. Tracked him and found him in the dark, the coyotes had already tore into him, I was now thinking what a waste, as everytime you nail one with an arrow, he's gonna run a small distance, even a perfect shot. May have to start after them right after the shot, lot of competition out there with mr. coyote on the scene. I think the best one can do when hunting is be confident in the shot they will place, or pass, some people don't respect that ethic, don't practice off season, keep their weapons in order etc. and of course that leads to poorly placed shots and wounded animals, have seen plenty of them horribly wounded, I'd rather pass then take a bad shot, although even the best of us will end up with a misplaced shot on a rare occasion.
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