Very cool story and deer congratulations!
Texas is a big place what region was this? Will be around Brownwood deer hunting next week hope it's not to hot.
I've only let fly one arrow at a elk and it soared disappointingly over her back. So technically I'm at 0% but only because I suck at getting close to elk with a bow. As for rifle and muzzleloader I've killed 3 elk and am also at 0% loss rate. I have a much wider pool to compare from with deer...
Out of the 5-6 people I hunt with 90% of the lost animals comes from just one guy. He's a damn nice guy lethal with a rifle but put a bow in his hand and he's a wounding machine. Only person I've ever encouraged to get a crossbow because he wasn't gonna stop archery hunting. He's my neighbor and...
My buddy calls that getting into the "full tilt boogie". Just when you need to slow down the momentum of the situation makes you speed up usually to less then ideal results. When day's like that go right it's why we hunt and when things like that happen we wonder why we hunt. Hope your season...