This happens every year. There are always threads about folks shooting but not finding game. Though I have not read any of this year' s crop I am guessing that the amount of time put forth to search for the wounded/dead animal was not very much. I do agree with Jason that we tend to put so much time into scouting, prepping our stand area and going over our equipment and yet many times we do not take the time to trully recover our game. Whether or not this is the case this year I do not know but the advice given is very good.