RE: He missed it!!!
I felt bad for him, what happened actually was the wood pile shifted as he was shooting, I watched it all happen, it sucked... seriously, this is no bad hunter, he was in 'Nam and received a medal for exceptional marksmanship. He has a sand bag out there to use as a base to shoot off of, but he apparently got "buck fever" because he forgot to move it and failed to use it!
He always gets buck fever... although he claims he doesn't... I love this man, but sheesh, I woulda killed that deer dead... LOL (well, that's what I told him anyway) He took the harassment well from us, but he was NOT HAPPY about a miss like that.