And your story reminds me of a story my dad used to tell about one deer season when they spotted a huge buck.

Someone shot and it shot both of the deer's front legs right off, but it amazingly it hopped into the woods using only its rear legs.

They tracked it for a while, and spotted it again.

Then another shot, and one of the rear legs flew off.

It fell over, but still it kept pushing its way along with its remaining leg.

They kept tracking it.

Finally, they caught sight of it again, and shot its last leg right off.

Unfortunately, the deer still got away.

They couldn't track it anymore, and lost its trail.