I'll answer your question with another.

How long do you feel it takes for a stomach or intestine hit deer to expire?

Big stated that he does not know of the shot placement. I asume he didn't see or hear the deer go down. I think he did the right thing.

I hit a deer one time a little back from where I'd like to hit her. It was 60 degrees outside and I hit her around 4 PM. I backed out and got her in the morning. She was only 60 yards from the stand. It took me about 3 hours to find her because she made a big circle and she died in the bottom of a creek bank, the meat was fine.