well olfatguy thats ur opinion and respect that, but if u can shoot 60yrds and stack them n the bullseye everytime, and u know your are getting enough penetration to kill the animal, and u practice even during the off season, I don't see why someone who does all of this should pass up an animal they know they can kill.
As for my husbands shot, he did look all night long till his bloodtracker light went dead, charged it overnight, got up the next morning looked for hours all morning and all day that day, living in the mountains, there are lots of places the deer could have went and u can't wonder onto other peoples property and if they tell u that u cant come on their property then theres nothing u can do about it.