RE: shot and missed
Three weeks ago, my son was in the stand and I was driving. Two does came by and he shot the biggest one (870 20ga). I heard the shot and started working toward him. Not 2 minutes after he took the doe, an 8pt and a 10 pt came sauntering by and hung out. I took about 10-15 minutes to work my way to him (just in case he missed and needed another shot), and when I got there, the bucks were still hanging around within about 25 yds of the tree he was in. The second doe even came back. (I'm still kicking myself for not having two tags...)