Dang that stinks! I had something like that happen to me last monday. I shot this really nice doe but she was really wary. As I shot she either bolted and/or I jerked a little bit cause I didn't put my put my left hand on the stock!DUH!!! iSN'T adrenaline great! But anyway I caught her in the back leg. She left hardly any blood trail. we tracked that sucker for 5 hrs.! Sounds to me that you just missed low and hopefully that little 8 will be fine. Unless you jerked on the shot or your gun is seriously off I doubt it was the six. But how am I supposed to know, i have a hard enough time dealin with my own animals! LOL. Hopefully you and I will have better shots and luck next time. Sorry you weren't able to recover it, It happens though.
