Going searching in the Morning!!

I personally probably would have waited for an hour or two after the shot and then went out looking for him. With the steady heavy rain we're supposed to be getting soon and tomorrow morning, you may be some in for some very hard tracking. I'd go now if I were you. Hope you find him! Can't help you with the blood on the arrow... colorblind..can't really tell if it's dark or light..looks normal red?

K - I'm going.  I'll give an update tomorrow.

hope you get it and good luck with not catching hell on here about hitting one and not getting it in the next 5 minutes cuz i asked a simalar question and i got to see who all the dumb aholes are on this site

ya ok but he didn't mention were he hit it and wasn't that your big **** because i wasn't sure? 

for one this year i did get pass through and the one i shot in the head was dead before it hit the ground which is more humane that hitting one in heart/lungs and letting it run for 50 yards and i aimed at the head because it wouldn't come out from behind a tree and i knew i would drop it or miss clean which is humane and i'm pretty sure i said this before so get ur facts straight before you start flappen you gums

and your a modern day smartass know it all good coments

ya well can't say ive had one go to waste since the one with 2 inch penetration was a good shot and got killed durin rifle season and the guy on the next farm down got a trail camera pic of the one hit a couple of weeks ago and said hes just missen a lil fur off his back and were you hunt that you get all these perfect shots 15 yards cuz i'll see you u there nexty week? 

from the looks of the arrow, i would say good blood...your making the right choice by going looking for him now though...but if he was quartering away and you have pass though(which you have) with no gut on the arrow(which i dont see) then i'm going to take the guess that he ran about 74yards and expired....quartering away is in the top 3 deadly shots next to a straight heart shot and double lung....and as far as the above argument goes, a head shot may not be considered ethical by many, but i cant agree more that it is the deadliest shot of all...drop them everytime...killed a doe like that with a muzzleloader couple years back...

Hopefully we get some good news IUP but since there is no post from last night, you got me worried.  I'll keep my fingers crossed.
 
To sugar, a head shot with an arrow should never, ever be taken.  I think you will find it difficult if not impossible to find one professional, expert, or otherwise who would agree with you.  I'll leave it at that.

What broadhead was you using when that happen sugar?Pay no attention to gobyking he always has something smart to say.I think he thinks he is a expert or something.

I had problems with thunderheads also hit alot of deer in the shoulder blade and never got no pentration.I shoot a doe once right through the eye she want down kicking a liitle bit but never saw her get up.My oldman was driven a thicket out when he got to the well there was a doe standing there.I told him to kill it he did we walked up to it and the whole side of it head was missing.I could see this deer the whole time it was feeding and wagging its tale like nothing ever happen.I killed many with a head hit especially doe with a rifle don't want to destroy all the meat so if i can' hit them in the neck or head i won't take the shot.

Well no good news, guys.   Seriously depressed right now.  Searched for a while last night but the rain seemed to wash any blood away.  Came back this morning with 2 other guys and searched the area thoroughly.  Walked grids up to 500 yards out - I mean we walked everywhere.  Even behind the area I shot him thinking maybe he swung around and went back to a thick 15 year old clear cut that people can barely make it through.  Crawled through there... Went literally everywhere in that area except for the posted area adjoining the property I was hunting on. 
 
So my next question - what do you guys do if you think they went into a posted area?  The owners of this area are anti hunting also so I wasn't about to push things.  He could have gone into here but it's about 250 yards away from where I shot him.
 
I think I pushed him last night maybe.  I dunno - I'm re-playing the whole scenario in my head over and over.  Did I rush the shot?  Did I hit him good?  Where exactly did I hit him?  It all happened so fast an my adrenaline was pumping an I was shaking...
 
I just can't describe the feeling I have in my stomach right now.  I would have been ten times happier if I had just missed him totally or if he jumped the string.  The thought of him dead out there and not found is driving me crazy.  Guess I'm gonna go looking again this afternoon.
 
Griff - good point on the GPS... going to use it later to really make sure I've covered everything.
 
On a good note, in all the searching, I've covered a lot more of the woods and places I've not walked before... found some good rubs and potential stand sites.  Just wonder if they were mainly from the one I shot at...
 
Seriously the worst feeling ever right now...............................

Man, that really sucks dude,

I don't know what to tell you. Look and look is all I can say I guess.

I know my deer literally went the polar opposite of what I thought, guess when your shot you run anywhere.

That rain blows, all I can say is at least it's on the weekend, and to keep pushing dude.

IUP,  That really sucks...  You have done everything properly it sounds like.  Rain can be (and usually is) an archer's worst enemy.  There is a possibility however.  I don't know if you saw your arrow hit, but you may have actually hit very low.  Sometimes this hit will be fatal, sometimes not... but the deer always goes a long way (particularly if you think you may have pushed him).  That hit will show the same sign on the arrow as a quick-lethal hit will.  Regardless, shake it off and go after another one.  FYI, you can always watch for crows in the area over the next few days as they will find the deer if he dies.  As for the private property, you need to follow your own instincts as each situation is different. Good Luck, Griffon.

ORIGINAL: sugarfuzz12

i have never said on here one time i would do it again all i was doing was maken a point that i got almost got passthrough hitting all the bone there and my arrow bearly went into a deer with different broadheads and the deer dropped in its tracks and you guys keep sayen stuff and asuming stuff if u havn't read the post before after what happened and i switched broadheads i figured might as well iether drop it or clean miss instead of hitting one perfect and watch it not even flinch take to steps and arrow fall out as it is walking away like nothing happened

 
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