Clean miss, I'd take anytimeversus wounding a deer...Yet I have wounded and lost animals before.. Buck, bear..

marginal hit...... be disciplined and prepaired to wait and pay the consequences of losing the meat. Finding him is better than not at all.. imo

on another note....I knowtwo guys (locally here where i live)that have openly stated to methat theywill purposely wound a big deer just to get him bleeding..because he's big..get him bleeding so they can find him in a day or too.. the consequence of losing the meat is a secondary priority to the antlers on his head.. long as they get those antlers...