Well it was an awesome morning the woods today nice and Cold... I bought a Redi Doe decoy this year, but have not taken it out until this morning... Decided to go for it... So I got her setup looking and smelling all sexy and got into my stand... About 7:00 I hear steady walking towards the stand... It's a nice Shooter Buck, Tall Tines Mainframe 8 from what I could see... After I decided it was a shooter I never looked at the rack again... He spots my decoy and here he comes, circles downwind to about 15 yards of me and the Decoy... He's looking hard be kinda knows something isn't quite right... But it was too late... I got drawn and took a nice broadside shot after he stepped out...

This is where it could get bad... I am 95% sure that hit him back pretty far... At least that is what I think I saw... So he Jumps and starts walking off... Just walking... I hit the Can Call, and he stops and looks back... And then continues walking... I watched him walk out of sight, last time I saw him he was about 100 yards away and just walking... So I stayed up there for about 2 hours, I got down grabbed my arrow and crept out of there... The Arrow looks PERFECT... Blood from one end to the other, no foriegn matter, or bad smells... Just dark blood from one end to the other...

So I am not sure if I hit him back or not... From what I think I saw... I hit way back... But from the looks of the arrow, it looks good... I guess I just rushed the shot a little... This is the first bad shot I have put on a good buck... So I am going to give him 8 or 9 hours, and go see what I can find... It's plenty cold today so shouldn't be a problem... What do you guys think...?? is 8 hours enough time..?? I want to look in the daylight, so that's all I can give him unless I wait till tomorrow... Anyway give me some feed back... I really hope I find him, just scares me...

Thanks...