Far less wounded deer get away.
I remember a Tap’s Tips story about a deer hunter that shot his first deer. He was so proud, and as he began to gut it, he remembered his fishing buddy who asked him to save the deer’s tail for tying jigs.
The guy cut off the deer’s tail, and the deer was just stunned, and got up and ran away. Leaving him standing there with the tail in his hand and no deer.
Tap’s Tips was in Outdoor Life Magazine as a monthly feature for many years.