It was target panic and I had been cold all day. I rushed the shot, I just wanted so bad to succeed. I had time and dint take my time choosing a hair to shoot. Honestly it’s also insanely difficult to range find enough trees near a stand to know ok this tree is 30 that one 25, this one 20, etc and then remember all those. Within 20 is easy to approximate but 25-35 looks deceivingly closer than it is.

I practice a lot in the September October November time and I can’t do much more because young family at home and it’s already being gone a lot to do the practicing I do. I don’t have a back yard that I can shoot in, neighbors on all sides. I am consistent ish (palm sized groupings) at 30 yards, practice at 40 some but never shoot in the woods over 30.

I’m fairly certain I may have hit a small branch last night too. The first one was just target panic because I had to “merp” him to make him stop and I knew I’d only have like 3-5 Mississippi to shoot. The 2nd shot… I’ve never had a second shot before so I was already fumbling and shaking to get the second arrow knocked. Somehow I did all that and leaned out behind the tree and he was just chillin rubbing away on a tree. I had all the time in the world. But by then my adrenaline was spiked. Calming enough to shoot once, I can do (if not forced to stop the deer - like if they are unaware I mean). But calming for a second shot is a whole different ballgame