Welcome to bowhunting in this fine Commonwealth, Mauser. People will exaggerate, lie, and twist the truth to make themselves look better and make you look like a fool. Some of it is driven by greed, some driven by jealousy or just plain old fashioned whale's tales. If you see a nice buck - you may come to find out later that it was a MONSTER buck. If you see five deer, you may come to find out later that "Ol' Mauser's beenin a real hotspot, he's been seeing like 10-20 deer a day." If you make a good shot, it's probably because you "got lucky," or you were hunting on "PrivateProperty" where the monster bucks just stand around and beg for you to shoot them.If you make a questionable shot, you'll come to learn that you made a "horrible shot" and probably didn't practice enough - probably shouldn't even be bowhunting at all due to your lack of skill. It's the culture around here. It's what they do.

Keep your head up, guy. I'm hoping that you find your buck, either dead or see him alive. Either way, I'd be happy for you. I appreciate and respect people who actually put the time in, instead of just running their mouth. I know you do, and I'm hoping that you find some closure.