yjbates,
I did same thing many years ago. At least you were swabbing your barrel. I didn't reload on a deer I thought was stone cold dead. That deer got up never to be seen again. Needless to say I only made that dumb mistake one time!

A guy on our hunting farm did almost the same thing this year. He shoots doe,it falls down,he walked up to deer thought it was dead,never reloaded,took gun and all gear back to truck. Walked up to deer within 5ft ready to gut it, and up it jumps and ran to next farm and Boom!

Shame Shame on you! What if that woulda been an 8-10-12 pnt buck. Screw the swab on a 2nd shot. Reload and get ready to shoot again. Hek - you might walk up to that deer you just shot, its stone cold dead - and all of a sudden old Mr buck walks up and your swabbin for a 2nd shot. Get the drift.