My dad shot at a buck once, I watched it fall through the binos just like you described. When we got there, it looked like the bang from the gun startled him and made him jump, in which he slipped on the icy log area ruts and fell. But you have to follow up and after following its tracks for a long while with no sign of a hit, we came back and deemed it to be a complete miss as further looks showed the bullet trail in the snow. Low and under the body was our myth buster result. Funny thing about this buck, he was the smaller of 2. I told dad the bigger one is on the right, shoot that one. He shoots, the left smaller one falls. We were both facing the deer the same way. He though my right was his left. We still laugh about that day.
If that deer was hit as you say, you should find it pretty quick this am. If you look today and don't find any sign of a hit or whats left, it may have been a miss. And that's a better feeling than knowing it is wounded and out there.
Good luck, hope the next post from you has pics of the wife's deer.
Last edited by Sooner; 11-22-2019 at 09:58 AM.
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