I shot a smallish 7 point whitetail last season and while the shot smashed both front shoulders the internal damage was less than anticipated. I knew he'd have to go down hill and once located him I could see he was flat out down but still breathing. Approaching from the tail end I thought he'd slip away and just kept my rifle pointed in his general direction when all of a sudden he's swapped ends and I had a seriously PO'd antlered animal at 10 yards. Fortunately, he could not rise but it was pretty plain he'd have loved to take a piece of me with him. A "quieter" ended things but then.... My son-in-law once grabbed a "dead" pronghorn I'd dropped only to have the goat jump up. We named that one Lazarus. It's so easy to get a bit casual especially with smaller or non-dangerous game.
