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Watch and listen for the birds. Magpies or Jays or ravens. Sounds like you are not in the area anymore though. What kind of shot(running, position of deer), deers reaction besides running downhill when hit?
Check your zero before you take another shot at an animal.
When will you be back? What’s the point of the post I guess? Are you done for the season? You said you went home immediately after. Are you plans to return? By now he’s probably spoiled. In the future if you’re on a time crunch you probably shouldn’t shoot a risky shot at the buzzer.
These things happen to all of us. Maybe you just grazed him who knows. Don't beat yourself up to bad. You still got til the 31st on the Westside. Get back after it.