Look on the bright side Greg! He's still there and you got close!
My Dad actually saw a whopper of a 10 point in archery in that same spot, but he must have been hit by a car because he had a club front leg and one side of his rack was busted off. He came past my Dad at about 15 yards the first week of November and except for the limp, he seemed to be doing OK. Dad said he seemed to be looking for does so he must not have been too badly banged up. He could have been in a hell of a battle with another buck as well. We hope he recovers and with the injury he may end up with some kind of non-typical rack next season. A gun hunter could have taken him though.