Don't let David confuse you...He's absolutely right!!!.On gun shot deer this can also be true,but with a bow poorly hit deer do just as he says.I recovered a one lung hit doe a week and a half ago,and she went 300yds with hardly no blood.Speck by speck I crawled on hands and knees for nearly 2 hours,until I found her just like Daivds saying.A friend and I have both neck shot deer,and they went 400-500 yds before expiring.WithAWESOME blood trails.They will literaly bleed slap out,to the point where...say only a 35mm film canister's worth of blood is left in them.You may find where they have kicked around,then they may do a mad dash,and pile up inthe brush.I am 1 for 2 on shoulder shot deer with a bow.100% with a gun.Of the 2 shot with a bow,the one 1/4 towards was hit in the heart,and died.The one 1/4 away survived.So,If I had to take a 1/4 shot it would be 1/4 towards,atleast there is a better chance of hitting something vital..O.K. back to tracking.Sometimes deer will travel back along the exact route,and then cut off in another direction.I have found deer by finding the last blood..walking back on the blood trail,and finding where they went another direction.It's one common tactic they use to escape deer dogs down here,and it's something I was lucky enough to learn.

Were you using a muzzy?[&o]My friends lose deer to them every year.But they will not stop using them.I didn't like them either.I beg and plead for them to switch to another brandSomehow muzzy remains one of the most popular broadheads,I guess thanks to all the smart marketing,because on game performance is only equal to other heads AT BEST.Not superior by far.I mean geez when I started bow hunting the way people talked about them I thought all I had to do was touch a deer with it,and he would pile up....not hardly[8D].I have since learned alot about advertising,and the hunting industry...well industry in general.I'll stop babbling.Good luck for next time.Hope I helped.