[multibeard]

Years ago while still huhnting 200 acres of pines, I jumped a nice 8 point with no chance of a shot. I trailed him in the snow for around a mile seeing where he had stood or layed watching his back track. He finally went into the 40 acres north of my 40. I just waved at him where I figured he was laying on the crest of a hill watching his back track and took the round about way home.
I rounded up a couple of my hunting buddys after lunch. The tracker jumped him right where I figured he was laying. After chasing the buck back and forth across 40 acres it finally came out on my corner. I took a running shot and saw that I hit him hard but did not know where. He layed down two or three times before he could no longer get up. The blood was always in the bed fartest wasy from the way he was going. The reason was he was watching his back track.
I had hit him hard in the back hip. Luckily we were able to finally catch up to him and put him down for good. If there had not been snow we probably never would have found him. I have not taken many running shots since then.