Keep looking!

Your story sounds awfully familiar to mine last year. Only difference is that deer was almost right under me. maybe 3 yards from tree. The blood and hair sounds exactly like your story. I waited about an hour and a half and right as i headed to the woods it started pouring out. crap, that sucks.

anyway, I just skinned the deer. I have lots of trail camera pictures of the buck. I was very familiar with this buck and as soon as I saw the pictures i knew it was him. just took a little patch of skin off his side. I felt awfull and spent the entire next day looking for him. I think i have pictures of him this year too but haven't been able to get one of the spot with the missing hair to confirm it.

anyway, i still think you should keep looking. It sounds like you hit him pretty good. Look in the thickest lowest spots you can find. I found a dead button buck this saturday in a very very swampy area.

again, keep looking you just might find him.