Nothing to hate yourself over, Ted. Its a bad shot on deer, you know that. It's part of being human to make mistakes, you made one, don't do it again. I've been reading "Big Dan's Frontal shot" on the elk thread on bowsite...had me thinking I needed to shoot a whitetail like that, I haven't and won't. I'd almost bet you read the same thing.... I let Krista shoot a heck of a buck straight in the chest back in 93. She made a "perfect" shot. Just for clarity, as I know you are familiar with the area, she shot that buck behind the dam at Hargus. I tracked that sucker all the way around the south end of the lake and found him right behind Rubin Jones' house. I never found a bed but had blood almost the entire way...that's got to be three miles....? Never again... But don't hate yourself for giving in to the temptation!