Hit a 32 in Muley through the liver with a TC Hawken in .50 with a TC maxiball ? 385 grain. Dark blood, trail petered out that night. Next day found the buck 300 yds away from last blood on an oak brush ridge where he died headed to water from the end of what started as a good blood trail that petered out to nothing.
Happened a few miles west of Chama.
Dayom, CH, sorry to hear of your loss. As long as we hunt wild, this will happen.
Last edited by eyeball; 11/10/14.