I was watching an episode of Major League Bow hunter and the same thing happened. They shot a great buck but had to back out for the night. Well they have a yote problem in that part of Oklahoma and the next day when they found the deer it had already been stripped down to the bone! That is crazy!!!!!!!
I don't like to leave my deer over night. If its a good shot I will try and recover in the dark with spot lights if I have to because the same thing can happen where I am at with poachers and yotes. Unless I think it is a bad shot then I will let them go for the evening.