nchawkeye speaks the truth. The real lesson here is to make certain the buck is down before making a call.
I did not make the call to my Father this year until after I knew my bucks were down.
Granted, I would have made a call if I had to start tracking the second buck I shot. I hit him hard in a snow storm, and if I was going to be tracking I had to move fast. I still had to verify the success of my shot first. So I went to where I had shot the buck, and saw what was to be seen. For me, that was dead buck this time.
I have wounded, and lost, only two deer in my years of hunting. It's something I always think about as I'm taking a shot. It's two too many lost deer. When I miss these days, I get upset with myself. I take pride in my ability to put the lead where it needs to be, and hate to fail at my job.