Be patient.

It's not a briskit hit or there would have been tallow on the arrow. Though dried were you able to determine a color of the blood?

I got a high left lung and the arrow passed through the liver on my doe last week. I have a picture of one drop of blood that was pivital in my tracking [shown with a machinist's SS Ruler at http://members.w-link.net/~dick_cres...ock2_small.jpg We followed the trail 164 yards on our hands and knees finding a drop every 5 or 6 feet.

One of my partners gut shot one the other day. The shot was high and passed through the gut and exited low on the other side. The deers reaction to the shot and the blood trail were classic liver hit shot. However when we found the arrow the next day it was covered by intestinal matter. Again though it became a trail of one spot after another butr we tracked her to her bed then marked the spot and recovered the animal [not long dead] the next morning.

Just be patient and follow the trail. Tracke and direction ofg travel are vital clues too.

I would suspect a high one lung hit . . . and would also expect to find the animal in her/his her first bed if you didn't inadvertantly push her/him

I hope this helps.

Bowhunter