Nice buck and very nice shot. Thanks for updating us!

Halfbaked, what does the length of his shot have to do with his recovery or lack thereof on the evening of the kill? He made a good heart shot...why would it have mattered if he was 5 or 50 yards away? Would that deer have been any deader? And why do you think the father in law "bailed him out?" How many people post about deer they couldn't find the same day they killed it, but were able to recover after looking a second time the next day? Don't be such a deek.