Opening morning lost (0r I thought missed) now found

`Opening morning on the way to the stand we got stuck right next to the stand (it had been raining for several days). we spent an hour gathering limbs, going back and forth, you know how it goes. We finally got out and figured we made enough noise that our morning was ruined. We pulled the chip from the cam and turned around to leave. About 200 yards stood what I knew to be a great buck. I sent a .308 round from the window of the parked truck and could have sworn I hit home, I thought he acted like he was hit then ran out of site. we looked for hours, from where he was when I shot, where he ran, to where I thought he would have gone, no blood, no nothing. Again, it was raining, and had been heavily for days. The field was about 5 years overgrown and visibility was very limited. I eventually gave up, with the lack of blood and sign, I assumed I somehow missed. Looked for buzzards for the next few days with no results, so he was a clean miss or a terrible shot.
This last week my buddy was mowing and found him about 75 yards from where I shot him (definitely same buck, as I have him on cam). Had the grass been cut he would have been in plan sight.
Needless to say I am thankful.
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Shame to have not found him that day, but still have him the same now. Great looking buck.

Thanks, you're right. Personal trophy.

Very nice buck. Too bad you didn't have had a dog, maybe he could have trailed him.

Free euro mount! Nice buck

Very nice...sucks when you lose a animal...glad yall found him tho...

That is a stud. Shame about the circumstances.

Better late than never, glad you found him heck of a nice buck Are you going to do a euro on him?

Outstanding buck. Great that you found him before the mice and squirrels chewed up the antlers.

If I were you I would pay a taxi to find a cape for him and mount that stud.

Outstanding buck Glad he was found.

Thats a good one

What the fellas said, great buck!! Finding him no doubt puts that "thing" in the back of your mind to rest

Great deer! I know how tough it is to have that cloud of an unrecovered deer hanging over your head.

Great buck....sorry you didn't find him that day.....

Yep, Im gonna take him to the Taxi this week

Good thing your buddy didn't mow him over.

Very nice buck.

isn't that the truth

Very nice buck

Glad you found him. Looks like a beast!

same thing happened to me, no blood,,, so I thought I missed

Better late than never! Great animal.

That's a stud. Glad you ended up with him.

...how did you sleep?....

Nice buck!!! Congrats on finding him!

Monster. Where was it, county?

Wow ! Glad ya found him.

happy you found him

Anderson county

Is it legal to send a round from the window of a parked vehicle?

Not finding that guy would have haunted me forever! He is impressive, I'm glad it worked out in the end.

On private property......yes.

https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/hunting/general-regulations/means-and-methods
And for the record it was

That is a great buck. I'll toast your pardner for finding him. Are you going to get a cape and have him mounted? He comes with a good story!

awesome deer sir

Thanks everyone for the nice comments. Next step is getting him to the taxidermist.

Well, there is a Silver lining to finding it now! Congrats, I would talk to a Taxi about Shoulder mounting it with a diff cape?

Oh he is clean. Will post pics when its finished