I've helped track a lot of deer people swore were hit good, but when you finally find them it was a terrible shot.
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Same here. Last deer and elk season i tracked and found 7 animals for other hunters. One bow hunter got a good lung hit on a big buck late in the afternoon. We found that deer the next morning after the coyotes got to it. According to the GPS it went just over 130 yards from where it was hit.
All the other guys were hunting with shotguns and slugs, muzzleloader or C/F rifles. Four of those guys claimed it was a good shot when it was not, one readily fessed up to shooting an elk in the guts, and one thought he missed but wanted a second opinion; we found his big doe.