Short version;

I gut shot one my second year hunting with a ML. It didn't go too far, just milled around in a circle and bedded down. I came back with a buddy in an hour or so and we jumped it. We sort of ran it until it could go any more and killed it with knife (we were out of bullet for the ML's)

Probably the saddest thing I have done and I almost quit hunting because of it. Ended up being a broken scope mount that caused me to miss. I now check my gear before every hunt and carry a back up shotgun incase it happens again.

Paul