Bowhunting results in a lot of missed and wounded deer. Even for stone cold killers.
I shoot thousands of shots a year. I get lots of opportunity on game. I take high percentage shots. I usually don’t get rattled. I generally speaking, don’t take long shots at whitetail.
I have shot deer with muzzy, nap thunderhead, nap spitfire, rage, iron will, qad exodus, magnus, German kinetic.
All these facts make differences at the margins. What remains true, regardless of skill, composure, shot selection, broadhead selection, is that you will miss. Either completely or wound em.
Practice, have a tuned bow, have a tuned you, don’t take long shots, don’t take unbalanced uncomfortable unsteady shots, have razor sharp broadheads.
Then live with the results that you may miss or wound as many as half of the deer you release an arrow at. If you can’t accept that, one of two things needs to happen:
Quit bowhunting.
Or, practice more, tune bow tighter, tune you tighter, take even shorter shots, take more balanced, steady, comfortable shots, and sharpen your broadheads more. Then get way better at huntjng so you can shoot way more deer.
If you haven’t wounded or missed a bunch of deer, it’s because you’re a new or very poor hunter. There is nothing wrong with being either. There’s also nothing wrong, in my opinion, with being a very experienced hunter who’s missed and wounded a lot of deer. It’s annoying to me that there’s a strong pressure to lie about this.