last night i was sitting in a stand that i don't sit in very often on my property. i got there about 3pm. i am sitting uptop a hill facing a creek, hill to the right of me hill to the left of me and about 100yds in front starts a cow pasture. i set out some doe estrus and buck pee. every half hour or so i would use my grunt tube on doe, buck then doe. i would also use my primos can.

alright at about 6:20pm i see two buck out in the cow pasture with a doe. i call to them loudy with a buck and doe grunt. i grab my bino's and lose sight of them as them move off to the north. couple seconds later in the pasture i see a doe go running by. about 10 minutes later (getting pretty dark) i hear leaves crunching to the north and i see some ripples in the water in the creek. i grab my bino's but do not see anything. what ever was making the noise was on the other side of the hill i was sitting next to. so i look at the water so i can get a reflection of the noise maker. i couild see that it was a deer,then it turned it's head and i could see anlters. it continued to walk in my direction in the creek. it walks up the hill i am perched on. I am standing waiting to the right moment to come to full draw. he sees me and looks at me for a few seconds and continues walking. he gets into my shooting lane and i come to full draw. well the lane i had to shoot to was clear when i was sitting, but when i am standing there is a limb in the way. i could not find a shot and he kept on walking. i sit back down and am cusing myself. i then hear more leaves crunching coming forom the north. i turn and see a even bigger buck coming. it is standing 15yds, right where the first one was standing when it was looking at me. i come ot full draw and turn to shoot (I am sitting down) but my tree is in the way for me to turn. my arm is hittin the tree i am sitting in. so i stand and get ready to shoot. it is pretty dark now, but legal time. i have small target peep sight on my bow string which makes it hard to see through i low light. i also didn't get time ot turn on my light that i have on my toxonics sight. i put my pins on him and release. the sound was hollow. it is now 6:32. the buck takes off running. i get my things together adn get down. 6:45 don't find my arrow but i find blood and stomach matter. i turn and go home. i come back this morning at 8:30 am and find small drops of micro-dot blood for about 150-200 yds. then find no more. i walked around the woods, thickets, fields in circles (3 other people were helping me) and found nothing.
i found my arrow this morning, only one feather on my arrow had blood on it and it smelled like deer (you know how they smell after you dress them). it was at least a 10 if not a 12 point over 200 lbs. i don't know what to do. i could have swore i was going to make a good hit, it was quarting to me a little.
i'm going tomarrow after work and look some more.
Do all gut shot deer die?