I am in the same boat. One of my buddies shot a buck opening morning of gun season, and spent all of 10 minutes looking for the deer. Next afternoon, we found the deer 200 yards away from his stand where it had died from a gut shot. Bowhunting is what I take my remaining vacation days for, and something like this is why I only gun hunt the first 1-1/2 days of the gun season. This guy would never had a chance with HIS CROSSBOW.
Hang in there and good luck with whatever happens.