It sucks, I did it too. I shot a 9 point with a 20 inch spread. It went over the hill and disappeared. I just sat there and was giving it 30 minutes before I walked over the hill, confident that it had not gone far. It wasn' t long, I heard a truck door slam. I hurriedly got out of the stand and made it up the hill. As I went over the top, I could see two guys putting my deer in a truck on an old country road. I holllered and took off after them but they took off before I could get there. I never saw them or my deer again.