OK my buddy, a long time friend of mine ??
came up to hunt my place yesterday, I put him one of my stands and told him, take your time and odds are good a decent buck would show up
I hold him to a 120 or better or there is a $500 fee, as over the yrs he has had some problems letting 80-90 inch deer walk, so?
this seemed to workout
well, he is one of them guys that falls apart when a buck shows up
he had one of my best bucks show up, and he took a crappy shot, low light bad angle bla bla bla
it was even moving so he decided to guess and lead it
wll he drilled it in the front shoulder, he thinks?

30 yrds, couldn't tell me what way it went after the shot, just said I think that way and pointed in a general direction

so decided to leave it go over nite, was in the 20's
so, go in this morning, have him guess where it was at the shot, since he couldn't tell me???
could not find an arrow searched a 20x20 yrd area, even raking into the soil about 6-8 inches
so I believe its in the deer some where
couldn' t find a single hair, a drop of blood anywhere spent 5+ hrs doing circles out from where ?? maybe it was standing.walking when he shot!

MAN I know things happen, but this guy has 20+ yrs of hunting under his belt
I was kinda pissed, about the whole deal
if a shot if iffy, let it walk!! why take a chance and loose a great deer!
I mean again I know bad shots happen, but come on how do you not know where it was at when you shot or what way it went after a shot, from again , a guy with 20+ yrs hunting, including a good 20+ deer under his belt
and to boot again it was maybe the best buck at my place??
one of only 3 I would even shoot here?
guess maybe I'm down to just two now, and just 1 maybe two days left to hunt??

so just a reminder guys, try to make a mental note of where a deer is when you shoot at it, and what happens afterwards
makes a huge difference on recovery!!