James, that is bad luck but no flaming from me. It happens to everyone sometime. I helped a buddy search until 2am for a nice buck he shot a week ago. Mostly bean stubble field, harder than hell to find blood at night in a cut bean field. He was out the next morning and found blood again and followed best he could. His buck traveled almost a mile with little to no blood most of the way. Even with a pass through if no major arteries or vitals are hit they can make it alright. Good luck for the rest of the season.