Well it worked out after all. My cousin shot the deer opening morning, he was up and chasing does.
Here is the mystery..the arrow entrance wound was WAY lower than I had thought I saw in my mind. It was in front of the shoulder and appears to have only gone in the brisket (sp?)
The buck was happy and chasing does, the wound was already healing.
It really bothers me that I was so confident I had SEEN the arrow with my own eyes protruding from the deers back??? What the...??
Either way I couldn't imagine a better ending to an otherwise terrible experience. Here is a pic of the buck.