You made the right call for sure. I know it sucks but have had similar things happen to me over the years that cost me deer and or hunting opportunities. When I used to hunt public and land and I was short standed I would get up and move if they refused to and I made all the noise I could while doing it and if I had to use the bathroom I'd pull it out and water a tree or a deer trail of there was one nearby. But I would move to another spot. The biggest buck of my life came into a field once as I was walking into the woods.....I put the scope on it and lowered the rifle in the same breath because I knew in the adjacent field there was a pasture with horses in it. That field and horses were well beyond my muzzleloader a range but I could not take that chance. I know guns/ballistics etc and still look back on it and it makes me SICK but I know I did the right thing. Freaky, strange, and odd things CAN happen and there just not worth it. You made the right call no doubt.