First off let me say i am sorry for your loss i fill your pain. I have been in your shoesmore times than i care to say and most likely will again.
I also try to learn as much as possible from each expeirence.
Sounds like so have you. Tracking a deer to soon is one of the worst thing we can do when we are not so sure of the shot but sometimes our minds plays tricks on us? Making us think we made a better shot thanwe really did.
Losing any animal like that is about the worse thing a hunter can go threw[&:].
What to do after the shot sometimes can be asimportant if not more than the shot itself.