I feel bad about this one to this day but at least I recovered it. About 20 years ago I was bowhunting elk. I encountered a spike on a steep hillside and shot it. I badly misjudged how steep the hill was and shot high, spining it. His back legs collapsed immediately and he folded. He then used his front legs to pull himself along for about 10 yds, then rolled further down the hill. He kept doing that and I followed him for more than 1/4 mile off the side of the mountain trying to catch up with him to finish him off. He finally rolled into a little dip where he couldn't move and I was able to get close enough to put a 2d arrow in his lungs. One good thing - he was moving TOWARD camp. I would have had to roll him down the mountain anyway.
