Hey TNxBow...I just started hunting with one for the first time this year too...Also in the Nashville area...Had the same experience that you did...Shot one buck and the other one kept eating acorns within 30 yards of me...Plus they don't seem to run as far after you shoot them as they do with a gun...I think it's because there's no loud bang to scare them...Two of my first three kills this year only took a couple hops, stopped, looked around and died...One ran about 30 yards but I thinks it's because she had already scented me before I shot her....In any case, I love this thing...I really think it's better than a muzzle-loader...No worry about caps/powder getting damp and not firing...Good luck the rest of the season.
If I could only have one weapon...it would be an Exomax!