Any ideas on the bad hit
What did I hit? I shot a doe this afternoon at 3:45 PM from a height of 16 feet and a distance of about 15 yards.The doe was moving slowly thru a shooting lane and I saw the arrow hit what looked like just behind the diaphragm just a little bit above center line. The arrow was a pass through and the doe didn't jump or hunch, she just ran off. I lost site of her after about 40 yards. After climbing down to check the arrow at 4:30 PM, there was absolutely no blood on the arrow or around the shot site. There was some hair and a white, almost chalk-like substance on the arrow and the fletching. I also smelled the arrow but could not distinguish any particular odor. After following the trail for about 40 yards, there was absolutely no blood or other fluid that I could distinguish. I didn't go past the 40 yards because I didn't want to push the deer. Does anyone know of a diagram on the internet that might show me what I could have hit? I have a pretty good mental picture of where the arrow impacted. I plan to go back tomorrow morning but I'm not very optimistic because the grass is about waist high in places and it's pretty rough Missouri river bottom woods. I really don't know what went wrong with the shot and I'm stumped on why I can't find any kind of trail to follow.