RE: shot a buck...cant find him
First of all, as excited as your most likely were, next time try not to jump the gun so fast. Once you bumped him the first time you should have backed out for atleast 3-4 hours IMO and given that deer more than enough time to expire. The second time you could have bumped him again and again and had him run all over gods creation, making it even more difficult to recover now. All you can do is learn from experience and your doing the right thing by waiting it out right now. Depending on the blood trail and your current temperatures id leave him as long as you safely can before getting back on the trail. Good Luck.