I was going to wait until later when I was close to done to post about my deer this year but this topic interests me for personal reasons. So far this year I've downed a 90 lb. doe and a main frame 9 point with 2 stickers on his left. Both of them after I was ready to quit hunting. I missed a HUGE buck a week before I took the doe and. Opening week I shot a nice 8. The shot was a little high and back. No pass thru. He bucked like a mule and ran to my right and circled around me. I heard him stop once for just a second and then ran some more stopping what sounded like right behind me. There was a valley behind me and he was farther than it sounded as he ended up directly behind me but across the valley on the opposite ridge. When he stopped I could here him blowing and assumed he was sucking air and most likely expiring. About 1 1/2 hour later it started drizzling so me and a friend started tracking. As the shot was high I picked up what I figured was his tracks as they appeared to be from a running deer. First blood was faint and at about 70 yards from the shot (this is thru heavily wooded area). The blood was not great but fairly consistant, slightly smaller than a quarter. At one point it appeared there were drops from both sides but then back to one. We tracked him to where I think I heard him stop. The blood continued past that. Then found the fletching end of the arrow, about 8 or 9 inches of shaft and near was a bigger spotch of blood but then it went back to single drops. We tracked for probably 1/2 mile or better before we lost blood. The buck stayed on a ridge the whole time and the last blood we found was heading up hill. We never found him. A couple weeks later I was setting in another stand not too far from the one I shot the 8 from. I can look behind me and see the area. There were 4 or 5 smaller bucks and a doe that came in, all one at a time and for not too long. Then an 8 came in that I was pretty sure was the one I shot. I was trying to get a good look as it appeared to have a black mark on its right side. He didn't really stop but came in turned and backtracked then turned around again and trotted off. I couldn't make out any marks on his left side (would have been exit side) which it seemed there would have been. I never thought much about the 'no man's land' before but after this I've been wondering. Just a note. I was using Spitfire 100's which I've had great results with. I'm not blaming the blade as it was not an ideal shot but somewhat surprising with no pass thru. I bought some Rage Slip Cam 3 blades and took the doe and 9 point with and am very impressed with them. Also, I have a Trophy Ridge Rhino Guide sight. When I got home I shot some outside to try to figure how the shot was high and figured out that the locking tab on my top pin did not lock it down as its supposed to. Apparently it got bumped sometiime and knocked the pin down a bit.