At least that's what I've been told. Personally, I'd rather have made a good shot. Patience and a little luck made a for successful recovery. Hoping it was a deflected arrow because it was too close to miss that bad. Had to leave it over night. Fortunately and unfortunately it was a slow death which made for no spoilage. This was definitely an emotional rollercoaster of a hunt. When I started tracking the evening I made the shot I ended up blowing him out of his bed. Had no idea the shot was that bad initially, but I was still not very hopeful a recovery was likely after jumping him. My heart sank when I found where he swam across a slough. When I finally found a log to cross on, I found him laying on the opposite side in the tall grass. I'll take it.
