Shot a buck this afternoon, but I’m not sure how well i hit him. I looked for blood but nothing found immediate. He ran out of the field the direction he came in, but he circled down wind of the field before he entered. Basically, he came from the opposite direction he left after being shot. My question is in y’all’s experience after shot how often does the deer head back toward the direction he came from??

What does the arrow look like? Doesn’t sound like he’s hit good

After a shot deer do some crazy s++t and lot of time hunters just think they know what the deer did.....my best advice to you is call a dog if you ain't got blood at the hit site and you didn't hear him crash within ear shot a dog is gone save you alot of walking and crawling and looking
If your on Facebook look nose to the ground Alabama it's a closed group join and post a tracking request or if you want I can post it for you on there if you will give me your info or I can get you a list of trackers in that area

I have seen a few do it. I always thought they were just going back to where they thought it was safe.

Couldn’t find the arrow. I believe he ran with it. He buck kicked and took off.

Found white hair with no blood

If no blood there's really no tracking. Do a grid search OR big circles and see what ya find. Sounds like ya hit low with the white hair found. After a week or so look/listen for birds

Yep. I give up on it. Maybe he’s still walking around.

Why is that? If it’s fatally hit, a good dog can find it without blood

Don't buy into the it was white hair I must have hit low stuff. The hair can be white with a good hit as well. My son and I both shot at does earlier this year. At the spot where the deer was hit both had white hair. My deer was 10-15 yds away with blood everywhere. We found one spot of blood with my son's and no deer.

Was telling OP to do a grid search since there's no blood since he mentioned tracking.
A dog trails the deer, not track it...

True but, the arrow did take white hair so, it can't be counted out. No one said it wasn't a good hit.
In fact, without knowing if the shot was from a treestand or ground level, everyone's just guessing and going from past experience

Hopefully you covered a lot of ground in your search. Not sure if you use lighted nocks but, they make shots more clear most of the time. Sometimes you hit bone and it makes the arrow kick and confuses you though. First arrow into my bull this year appeared to hit back and low, it was actually a very good shot, the bone changed arrow angle and messed with my head.

A lot of times, when you shoot a deer with a bow there's no blood for 20-30 yards. The bucks reaction, sounds like a fatal hit to me. I've never had a reaction like that with a shot and not found the deer.

Jeez..no response from OP.

I guess he is still looking for it!

the last deer i shot, i absolutely DRILLED - she was standing 10 steps from my tree ... no arrow, no blood, no nothing (at the impact site & nearby) -- and she bolted off, thankfully into a pasture ... i found her laying dead as a door nail 100 yards+ away from where i shot her ... it's amazing the will to live of a deer -- and equally how easy it is to lose a freakin' arrow LOL

Yeah, instead of luminocks, we really need a beepernock. Not for tracking the deer, but to find the dang arrow!

There’s actually a Bluetooth nock that came out a couple of years ago that would allow you to do that. Don’t think it caught on very well though. It was pretty pricey.