Few years back I got up in a random tree stand in the woods while deer hunting. I had a group of 3 bucks walk in, directly towards the tree stand. The first one wasn't legal but the third was a nice size. I had my pack at the base of the tree and knew once the young one in the lead caught wind of it, he was going to be gone. At this point he was no further than 20yards.
I anxiously waited until the third buck cleared the trees that was blocking him, hoping they didn't get spooked beforehand. He turned broad side and I shot.
All three took off running, I watched as I expected the one I shot to drop. Nope, all three ran off and none ran like they were injured. The shot was no further than 30 yards, no way I missed.
My brothers made their way to my location and helped search the whole area, we couldn't find anything.
Only explanation I can think of was that I hit a branch, but I looked and couldn't find any obvious sign of that either. I was baffled.
