Thanks for all the advise guys.

I did get out for a few more hours yesterday and couldn't find any more blood. Today I will be changing tactics if we can't locate any more blood in a timely manner. I will have a small group of guys and we will grid walk the area where I believe he went. We will also follow the river just for kicks as many suggest the animal might have headed for water.

Once again, though it's burried about 5 pages back I know I made a couple STUPID mistakes. There was no excuse for the bad shot and there is no excuse for getting on him so soon. I DID NOT PURPOSELY shoot him in the neck! Afterwards my nerves got the best of me as I was kidding myself to think that a neck shot quickly killed the biggest buck I've ever seen.

I really do feel terrible and NO ONE here has more respect for wildlife than I do....NOT possible. I don't go to the woods looking to kill a deer. I go to the woods as I enjoy the interaction with nature.

I wish I could figure out a way to re-size the picture of this beautiful buck, but I don't have a program and my LR camera is on the 4 MP setting.

Thanks again for all the advise fellas....and I guess the flames get the point across also.