I acknowledge this could very well be my skill issue, but

The last bit was a little hard. Keeping it moving through the trees, shooting, and aiming through the smoke plumes simultaneously is a little much. I get what the gun smoke is supposed to do. It adds suspense to each shot. Did I hit it? You have to wait and see. But we get immediate audio feedback from the not-deer's groan, anyways. Surprise's spoiled.

All the while, the thing continues to chase you through the gunfire after the initial shot taken from the log. And the not-deer is real fuckin' wiggly in chase. Shooting becomes guesswork. Again, could be my skill issue. I let it get close enough that the smoke's second half-life became critical. But it doesn't run off or slow, not until it stops moving for good. I know when I hit it and I know what I'm going to see when it clears: that it's still pathing at me all wiggly-like.