I feel your pain. I'm new to bow hunting, but I too have wounded two deer so far. The first was a small six point buck that I hit too far forward right in the shoulder. My arrow didn't go in more then an inch. I watched that deer run off with my entire arrow dangling from his shoulder....never found blood and circled the area for over three hours. Everyone told me that I probably didn't kill him. The second deer was a gut shot. I made the mistake of getting out of my stand to quick and jumped something up (probably my deer) anyway never found that one either. I was disappointed, but I tried to look at the good side of it. I've only attempted two shots with a bow, both were hits, my tracking skill and patients are what caused me problems. After reading several forums on here about tracking and waiting long enogh to start tracking, I think I'll do better in the future. I would say don't give up, for me, third time was a charm. I got my first bow kill Saturday. Got a decent 11 point that field dressed at 120lbs. Perfect shot and I watched him drop only 30 yards behind my stand. I still waited for an hour before I got down to check on him. If you really enjoy being in the woods and the thrill of getting them in close and the challenge involved in bow hunting, I'd say stick with it. It will get better.