Guys can you give me an idea on this one. Was out this morning and got the picture perfect broadside view with head turned away from the deer. Now I centered up for the heart/lung region and squeezed the release. Unfortunately I did not see the arrow contact and concluded that I missed as the deer did not hang around. About two hours later I climbed down to retrieve the arrow. Found it lying in the tall grass just past the deer's location. It was covered in dried blood! I smelled the arrow since I previously thought I missed. Okay there was no smell of gut or bowel on the shaft. There was no hair on the shaft. The shaft was coated from the broadhead to the nock. I conclude that 1) I hit him. 2) He was hit someplace other than the gut. 3) The animal must be closeby on the ground (remember this is two hours later).

I covered the little creek draw for several hundred yards each direction. Went and got help from our hunting buddies and stood at the last place I saw the deer. They worked increasingly larger concentric circles around me from 5 yards to 400. We found no sign, blood, hair nor hide......or deer. Brisket, tenderloin, what? Makes me sick to shoot the animal and not find him.

Any ideas on the hit?