Rob, I am not being critical, but would like to share some advice.

First, you say when you went back 6 hours later you started where you saw him enter the field, maybe 200 yards away. If you had started at the point of the hit, and followed the blood all the way to the field, you would have had a lot of information that could help in the search. The type of blood, amount and how it falls are all valuable information. Plus the added benefit of training your eyes to find blood, as anyone who tracks a lot of deer will tell you it takes a bit to get into blood trail mode.

Second, you saw the arrow hanging from the deer. Did you find the arrow? When you got to the field where you saw the deer enter, you should have found the arrow and the only way to do that is follow the blood. I know people get excited, but the way you describe the fan out method you employed it is clear you didn't follow drop to drop.

Third, you assume the deer you jumped was "your deer". I have jumped dozens of deer while tracking blood, and I'd say almost all have been incidental. Without following the blood, you don't know if the deer you shot walked by where the buck you saw jumped from. Deer that have been shot completely through, and are leaving even a little blood trail WILL leave at least a few drops of blood in a bed. Going only from your description, the tail tight and hunched after the shot, I would highly doubt the deer you saw bound out of the field was the same deer, but without finding the arrow and following the blood it would be hard to judge. Back tracking down a trail from the bed to the last blood isn't enough info to tie the 2 together.

As I said when I started, I am not saying anything critical about you, but trying to provide some advice on how you could perhaps do better next time. Staying with the blood, controlling the group looking for the deer, and recovering your arrow are a must.I hope you find him.....