I had previously ranged almost the entire plot but with the rain all I could see was alot of white on his head and his broadside body. It was almost 2 dimensional and couldnt get a depth of field. I laid awake all night thinking of what I could have done different, and the only thing I did wrong was being impatient. I believe if I would have waited him out I would have been able to put it where it counted when he exited the plot 10 yards from the blind. That is the reason for putting it there was because I knew that was a nice trail from the woods to the clover. I thought for sure he was heading the opposite direction with the last arrow.

The other thing I learned, while I had my full face mask and leafy hood and scent blocker stuff on was how important it was that he never knew I was there. I am not kidding you when I tell you he was looking in the windows and trying to scent me. I could have lunged out the window and stuck him in the neck with my knife he was so close to me. I watched his tail and body movement, and all he ever did was shake his tail side to side twice, it never went up. I scrubbed down in the shower with dead down wind and never put my hunting clothes on until I got out of the truck. I believe that is what saved me from getting busted. I had to wait him out so by the time I got out of the blind it was raining and pitch dark so I havent retrieved any arrows yet.

I am taking the bow in today to shoot indoors and check my sights. I dont think I bumped them or anything but I guess any one thing could have been the reason he got to live last night. I was able to see his whole body as he was next to me and didnt see any blood from a bad shot so I know I threw airballs at him.

I will also never shoot all my arrows until I am sure he has left the area. The reason my 4th arrow was cracked was because earlier in the day I had taken a shot at a smaller deer. It was a much smaller bodied deer and he took a complete pass through, crossed the creek and was out of sight. I texted a friend (JoeyG) and told him I was pulling out to wait him out so I could get some cough syrup and get my rain gear. Im going to be tracking him in about 30 minutes. The rain may make it impossible for blood, but he didnt go far.

This 4x4 could very well have scored 130-140". Definately the dominant buck on my lease. And for the comment of it being two deer....NOT! It was him and it blew my mind that he came back after being shot at 3 times!