RE: I missed...or did I??
one day i was hunting on a powerline that runs over the back end of a pond and a doe steped out. i shot it looked like i hit her but i really couldn't tell i walked over to where i shot at the deer but didn't see any blood i must have walked around for about one hour. i didn't see anything so i wen't to my brothers truck and left him a note that i had shot at one but didn;t think i had shot it. so i went back to the stand and thought a bit when i thought about it for a while i siad to my self that i had shot that deer and i would look again so i got down and wen't across the pond to the power line and decided to walk down to the endge of the water to see if it had ran through there when i got out to the edge i saw a piece of brush move when i walked over there was the deer laying almost in the water just about dead. So checking again is what got me the deer.
even if you think you didn't shoot it you should always check to make sure because you never know if you missed or if the deer has been shot and just waiting for you to find it.
well anyways i hope next time you will check