I'm new at this bowhunting

Well this evening I was hunting and right at dark I had decent 8pt come across in front of me at 23yds boardside an he stopped. So I put the pin right behide the shoulder an shot he made a grunt sound and took off. I watched him run out of the field an it sounded like he crashed. Well I got down and couldn't find my arrow or any blood. I looked for over an hour So I'm thinking I missed but I'm gonna go back in the morning to look some more.

What did it sound like when the arrow hit? Did you have a good light? If you couldn't find the arrow, it's probably because he carried it off. Hope he's laying there in the morning.

I shot one one time in the shoulder and it made a grunt sound. Didn't get a full pass through and my arrow broke off. Never found the deer hope u find em man.

Did the arrow make a thump noise or was it a loud crack?

It made a thump noise.

We're you in the woods or on a plot? Did you look in the area you heard the crash? I'm willing to bet you find your deer in the morning. A thump and a grunt normally means a lung hit. Good luck, hope you find him.

Yep, sounds like u knocked the breath outta him! Let us know how it turns out. Hopefully I'm gonna let the air out of one myself in the am!

I was on a plot. I looked in the area where it sounded he crashed but it was pretty thick an I hadn't found any blood so thats when I thought id better back out an wait for morning because I could have walked up on him an never seen him.

I hope you find him, I bet he is dead.

I've shot two that grunted when the arrow hit neither one went over 75yds. You'll find him in the morning. He's not far.

Keep us updated.

Good move.

Im headed back to look for him. I'll let y'all know how it turns out.

Yep, sounds like a hit to me. I bet the crash was him jumping Into the thicket and that's were he is now "dead".

Good luck man! Hope to see pics!

Good luck

Good luck

Good luck. Keep us posted

Good luck, hoping to see pics

Dang, the suspense in killing me.

Me too. I've checked this thread about 10 times in the last hour...

I found some blood 175yds away on trail going into my other field and the blood stop once it got in the field. Its a dark color blood. I went to the pond thats probably another 300-350yds away thinking he might went to it but he wasn't there. So I went back to where the last blood was and walked every where an still nothing.

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Good luck buddy. Hope you find him.

Hope you find him buddy.

Good luck!..I killed a upper 120s 9point a few years ago we trailed that dude almost 400 yards!..We found small drops of blood every 10 yards or so sometimes further than that..Eventually he ran into some drainage areas and it helped open up the wounds & he gave out..

Time to go get a tracker.....

Any luck?

I searched everywhere but no luck. My dad and me are going back tomorrow to look some more.

10/4..

GET YOU A TRACKING DOG TO HELP YA. WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD

Hate that for ya man, but it's an unfortunate part of bowhunting; or hunting period. Just try to learn from and correct what went wrong and go stick anuther 1! Good luck on finding him tomorrow.

May very well have hit him forward & hit the muscle..I hit one last year just like that found some blood then no more blood nor did I Find a deer..Caught him on camera a week later..I might have missed it but did u find ur arrow?.Never mind just read ur post again..

Hate to hear that. Like the others have suggested get someone with a dog if you can. If there's one good thing about losing one with a bow, it's the fact that most of the time they will survive if you don't find them.

Well between me looking yesterday till 3pm an this morning with my dad. I searched almost the whole property 36 acres. I'm thinking his still alive. I found my arrow and there wasnt much blood on it. Looked like it barley touched him by the way the arrow looked. The only blood I found was just the spots in that pic and another spot bout 6ft away from it. I'm down on my self for it.

You did the ethical thing and did everything you could to find him. Hopefully he is alive and will present a second chance later in the year. If you hunt long enough you're going to lose one eventually. While I'm new to hunting with archery the odds are probably quite a bit higher of it happening with a bow and arrow. Keep your head up and go get you another one.

Keep an eye on the buzzards.

Don't get down on yourself. I've been there and done that. Learn from it and move on. I'm sure he survived.