Had the day off and made it out to the stand at 6:30 this morning to ride out the wind. Right around 7:30 I caught some movent coming from the north side of me quickly. Look, count 3 up on one side, and get ready for him to come in front of me. This guy was on a mission, nose to the ground. Thought he was going to head out about 30yds from me, but he turned and came in 15 yds out broadside. Let out a mouth grunt trying to get him to stop, and he paid no attention. Let out a second loud one ( might as well have yelled Hey Deer! ) and got him to stop. Let the bolt fly, and stuck him right behind the shoulder. As he walked away, my bolt was stuck in him with about 5" still sticking out, no pass thru. Watched him walk away 40 yds, then lost sight in a thicket of briars. Sat for the next hour in the stand worrying that maybe I hit him a little more high and forward than I thought, and hoping he went down. When I finally climbed down and checked the beginning of the blood trail I felt much better seeing the bubbles in the blood. Pulled out, called my father and my buddy josh, and waited. Picked up the trail when they got there, and didn't have to go far. Tracked it about 60 yds and found him piled up. Perfect double lung shot.

At 35 yrs old ( took a hiatus from hunting through my 20's ) this is the first buck I've ever shot. I'm unbelieveably excited and you couldn't slap the smile off my face, but I think my father was actually more pumped than I am. A great day hunting in nw pennsylvania. Good luck to all those still trying to fill a tag. Spent over 80 hrs in the stand this year, and 15 seconds changed everything.

Congrats great looking buck..... Always an exciting moment.... And very special !!!

I hit a giant yesterday. Looked all day today .. Shot was right above the front shoulder. Hit the back shoulder and arrow broke off 8" in. Blood everywhere for bout 50yards then trickle for another 50 then nothing. Backed out until the morning Rained over night and ended washing all remaining blood away and we never found the deer today. Can't believe it. Deer could barely walk

That stinks eman.

I'm unbelieveably excited and you couldn't slap the smile off my face ~ Crappie_Slayer
 
 
That is one great story Crappie_Slayer; just beautiful!  
 
Congratulations on a dandy buck and for the picture of the smile.

Eman89so
I hit a giant yesterday. Looked all day today .. Shot was right above the front shoulder. Hit the back shoulder and arrow broke off 8" in. Blood everywhere for bout 50yards then trickle for another 50 then nothing. Backed out until the morning Rained over night and ended washing all remaining blood away and we never found the deer today. Can't believe it. Deer could barely walk

If ya haven't already tried Ed, start at the last known position (mark that spot) of the deer and begin making tight circles, returning back to the start point.  The more people making the circles at the same time the better. Don't overlook any possibility such as pile of rocks, brush pile or, even an "island" in an open field.  
 
Not trying to tell ya what to do, just hoping you can recover your deer and the circle method is by far the most successful search pattern.  Hanging strips of fluorescent orange marking your path will greatly enhance your search.
 
It may take a couple of days for that deer to die and you may just be pushing him in your hopes of finding him.  Stay with it, if he's hit as hard as you say, ya just never know.
 
Good luck.

Nice buck, Slayer way to hang in there,never give up. All it takes is a second.  Beautiful text book shot. When you hit them right they don't go far. Congrats.

Tough luck Eman- that stuff happens if ya hunt long enough- never feels good and causes lost sleep.
Keep an eye out for buzzards and crows in that area- might at least be able to get a set of horns out of it.
They can clean up a Deer in a couple of days along with some Yotes.
Nothing goes to waste.

Shouldn't this thread be changed to "Hail Mary Results?" 
 
Good to see all the pics from the successful hunters.  
 
Last few weeks chasing deer have been a bust for my son and I.  Lost one of our prime spots this year that I've been hunting for 12 years so we've been learning some new places to hunt.  We were seeing quite a few deer in mid-late October in a couple different spots, but other than a few does and a couple young bucks out in fields well out of range, we haven't seen anything in our last 4 or 5 hunts in 2D.  Might get out for a last ditch effort this evening for an hour or two.  
 
We have a couple places in 2B to hunt that we haven't hit up yet this year, so we may venture to one of those areas over the next few weeks.  But now that he finally turned 12 last week, more than deer are finally on the menu for us.  Hopefully spend a little time chasing small game and waterfowl.  

Yeah going to give it one last shot myself and hunting 2D too, all the shooters have been on my camera from 3am to 5:30 am ... Oh well been slow but had my chance a few weeks ago , totally on me I just messed up and got busted.... Anyhow at 64 I've had my share of good hunts and a few mess up's too ... So anytime i get to be out in the woods is a good day for me .....good Luck out there today guys ......