Another option if you dont find him, get one yourself and then tell the boy you found his. Lose the tape though, he might want to see it again and be able to tell it wasn't his. I did this for my son's second deer. He had to go back to school and I found his two days later slightly chewed up by the coyotes. Same day I spotted a deer of comparable size and dropped it. Dressed it and took it home to the boy. Boy was he happy.