Congrats on the great buck.

I don't want to come off preachy, and this ismore of a general comment, than directed specifically at you,but one statement bothered me a little. "but since then have hit, but not recovered 4 or 5 luckily nothing big"

Bad hits happen, but you should never feel good about it just because it wasn't a big one. If it's good enough to release the arrow, it's good enough to do everything you can to find the animal. You won't always get 'em, but th effort should always be there.

Speaking of Fairfax County, this was my buck from Fairfax last year. Don't discount those little suburban woodlots!