I had a similar occurrence when white tail hunting once. I shot a deer and was upset because as it ran down the hill, its rear legs kept sliding under it, and I was afraid I had pulled my shot and hit it in the hams. It ran down into a thick area of brush, and when I got in there, it raised its head up and I shot it between the eyes. My dad and I looked all over the deer and could only find the head shot. I had to go to school the next day, and when my dad skinned it out, he skinned it from the nose to the hooves, and never found another wound. I can't explain it unless the first shot was pulled the other way and the bullet glanced off the skull or something.
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