I went out this morning and about 8:00am I saw three does coming toward me. Two were young and the other an old mature doe. I wait until they were less than 20 yards and was able to make a shot on the old doe.

I used the tree as a rest and made a perfect shot, I think maybe a hair low, she jumped 6 feet in the air turned and started to go back the way she came. Tail down and just barely able to jog, stumbling, barely able to stand.

I get all excited being the first deer of the year for me. I wait for a while and get down and go the the spot were I shot her and found alot of hair and some blood. I decided to wait longer and went to my car and got my knife and gloves then started tacking. Only two little spots of blood in the first 40 yards then it got real heavy perfect for a novice tracker like me to be able to track. I followed it for 150 yards and then it just stopped? I keep looking but never found her. I am going back out in a few min. I am confident that she is dead but were???

Do you guys think so, and do you think because she had two fawns with her that made her keep running and not bedding down? Trying to get them to safety????