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high country:
leave you bow and take a dog. tis ok that way. I would bet you are right on top of him. they can pile up in some tight little holes for sure.

don't forget to ust your nose, deer smell pretty strong and you ought to be able to smell him if the wind is right.

did the blood you spotted hit high on the brush? color.....bright red-pink?

bobcat:
Well, if the deer isn't found until well after daylight this morning, the meat isn't going to be edible.    :(

spin05:
Man that sucks......I lost a small cow elk once the same way.Never did find her after looking most of the next day. My buddy has a saying in case you can't find it. "The coyotes have to eat too".

MagKarl:
We need more info to help you more.  How much penetration did you get, as in how much of the broken arrow did you find?  If it busted off at the insert, then maybe you hit shoulder blade and didn't get to the vitals.  If all you found is the fletching and nock, then you got most of an arrow in there and that deer is likely dead, make sense?  What color and how much blood did you find?  Sometimes there is little to no blood for a while, you have to follow the tracks.  Try not to disturb the trail with boot tracks, and you'll need to get down on your hands and knees to look for the smallest speck of blood.  Toilet paper can be a good tool to touch possible blood and see the real color if it's still wet.  Probably won't help you now though, but might on your next opportunity.  Don't just look on the ground for blood, look on brush too as it will get blood up high as the animal plows through.  Do your best, that's the important part.  It does happen to most hunters sooner or later, but it should be rare.  I lost a doe two years ago and it sucked big time, still bothers me.

SpokaneSlayer:
Well I just got back to work from looking for that deer.  My boss was pretty cool and let me take 2 guys with me.  No luck. We searched high and low. To answer some of the questions:

- Compared the broken arrow to a good arrow, didn't hardly penetrate at all.  Maybe 5".
- Didn't see any blood at all, very little on the arrow.
- The arrow broke while he was running.  I heard it.

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