You know, that is supposed to be a DRT sort of central nervous system shot. You didn't shut down the CNS. The question then is, what did you hit? If, by chance, that went above the spine, he very well may be alive because you would have hit nothing but some fur, skin, and muscle. If it went below, you may have hit the esophagus, trachea, carotids, or jugulars. If the last two, then he probably died pretty quick. If the trachea, it may have taken a while, if he died. If you just hit the esophagus, he may survive or live for a long time before dying of starvation or thirst.
If it passed below the major blood vessels and airway and throat, then you got fur, skin, and muscle and he may live a long time.
What blood did you find?
Wow good assessment!
I found decent blood I think it hit low of the spine. It was not pouring out like a fountain but enough to where I could easily see it splattered on the grass. Didn’t go searching for him in the thicket he ran into.
My guess is just short of the spine decent internal bleeding and eventually bled out maybe 100 or so yards away.
If you watch it in slow motion or reduce the playback speed on yt you can see him shake his head and lift his front legs up like he got hit.
Btw this was shot with 300BO 110 Barnes Tac-TX