Darly,

I shot a young deer at probably 20 -m30 yards with a 45 caliber percussion rifle loaded with 110 gr 3F. We were ground hunting and were laying down near a trail. I heard the deer approach and thye only shot I had was a face on shot so shot him in the chest. The deer went down and I jumped up to reload. When loaded, I saw another young deer about 10 - 15 yards standing broadside from where the 1st deer dropped. I was so tempted to shoot this deer (which is legal in Georgia). I decided no top shoot because I would then have to drag out two deer, my rifle and my kit. Well, I walked thru the brush and my deer was gone. Hmmm, likely he got up and that is what I saw. If only for a double rifle, I could have walked over immediately and finsihed the joib.

We tracked that deer for hours, finding each place where it lay down (puddle of blood). It started with finding a drop of blood every 10' to 15'. However, at the end, we couldn't ind any signs. Becue of all the leaves and brush. there were not any tracks that we could find.

I agree about an arrow. No real shock, just bleed out.