Back in the late 70's hunting with my dad, I shot and killed a 6 pointer. In his ear was a fresh hole, which to me appeared to be a gun shot wound. Well I hiked out to meet up with my dad and bring back the truck.
I had heard several shots that morning but none that I had connected to my dad. Well, he said he had shot at and missed a buck. Upon seeing my buck he said it looked like the same deer he had missed earlier.
My dad would take a head shot if the deer was close and standing still to avoid, in his words, ruining any meat. Which was the case with this buck, resulting only with a clean hole through the ear. I have a picture of us with the deer, in it my dad has a big smile on his face pointing at the hole in the deer's ear.
