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Jay
I have been practicing for three years. This is the first year I feel comfortable shooting at a deer with my recurve. My farthest comfortable confident range is 17 yards. I did use a compound bow when first hunting deer. My comfort range with my compound bow at the time was 25 yards. I missed the same doe twice at 18 yards. One arrow went under her belly and she did not move and I took a second shot and this one went over her back. I was just lucky I did not wound her. I was not shaking bad when I took the shot, but I was afterwards. So you are not alone.
Tom