A friend shot a spike at 32 paces. The spike was standing broadside, quartering slightly away, friend was on the ground. At the shot, the arrow did not penetrate more than 6 inches, he saw it run off with the arrow. He said he hit it immediately behind the front leg.

We looked very carefully for the rest of the day, not finding a drop of blood, a piece of hair, or the arrow. Did circles about 500 yds or so out, nothing.

I told him that because the deer was quartering forward, that he may have missed any vitals and hit the leg or shoulder.

Any thoughts on whether this deer might make it, what could have happened or anything would be greatly appreciated. He is pretty disappointed in what happened and I would like to have some insight into what happened.

Thanks