Well it took 2 more hours of searching this morning but we did find my doe.We found a little more blood than last night but lostthe trail completely.And it started to rain.We searched everywhere in the trees but found nothing. Finally I figured we'd walk the creek back to the truck. I kept looking in the creek but was seeing nothing so I walked up to a big falldown to look there. I almost fell stepping over a log so my buddy looked to see what I stepped on and noticed there was a little blood on the trail. We followed it to the creek and found her laying next to shore in the water. She was 150-200 yds from where I shot. Talk about getting lucky. I was surprised there was any blood left since it had been raining for about 45 minutes.

The shot was farther back than anticipated, but she was also quartered slightly towards me so the exit hole wasthrough the guts. The doe thatwas being chased by the buck was the same one I shot. Instead of staying in the trees, she headed across an open field and made it to the waters edge, but no further.

Thanks for the replies, it really helps learning from other's experiences.