My ex brotherinlaw had a similar thing happen to him in utah on a muzzy hunt, the exception was his cap had fallen off on the stock he made to get within range lol, 50 yds. i had spotted the deer 2 mulie bucks feeding. i waited and waited for him to return expecting to help him drag a buck.he returned cussing up a storm and said those bucks didn't hang around when that hammer hit lol.this was back when the Utah M/L season was in november and it was cold really cold.sounds like fun.just a side note i watched my brotherinlaw miss a 28" 4x4 2 days earlier at 100yds.the little town we were hunting in had a big buck contest going on and we were 10.00 bucks in the jar.he would have won easily.we all nick named him dead eye, he missed for various reasons 5 bucks and went home empty handed..