ORIGINAL: rackassasin

sorry for the delay guys...I'm not really feeling too good about this whole thing. I haven't found him yet but I am definately not giving up. I will keep searching. My brother has been very sick with the flu and my buddy didn't come through yet on helping me search...and then there is work....so it's been tough....not to muention how thick it is in the last direction he headed. I will search again this week when I'm not working. Once again...I truly believe I shot this deer in the chest. He was facing me head on and I could see him very clearly. I concentrated and stayed calm and let the shot off very smoothly without moving. I was confident I hit him good. The hair on the ground was directly under where his chest was. There was also marks where he spun around after the shot. There was a nice amount of blood where he initially stopped roughly 50- 60 yards from the shot. If he was gut shot I don't know if there would have been much blood but depends on the exact point of impact. You know...If I didn't think I would have found him I would never have posted. I am disappointed and I know everyone doesn't like this. I don't know what to say really. I apologize. I tried. I didn't take a running shot. I didn't think it was a bad shot. I fully expected it to take him down. I feel bad. I will update when i find this deer. We could see what direction he went and he was most likely a large deer because the tops of the trees were moving that he was banging into and they were decent sized tall trees. I am bummed because I did see his horns sticking up when he moved when i first spotted him and I am pretty sure he was a big one. When he first tried to get to his feet and he looked me directly in the face I kinda went into shock so it was hard to focus...it was like a bad dream. I was certain i was going to find him dead and then that happened. I could tell that my brother was shocked too by the way he reacted and the tone of his voice. My opinion is that the buck was very strong. I have no other explanation.