RE: Help, made bad shot with bow on 9 pointer. Need advice and opinions of wound and how to proceed.
Unless you got him square in the hind quarter I don't understand how you only got four inches of penetration.
If thats the case, the deer is going to be hurting, will likely get an infection, and will die. Eventually.
If you hit him near the hind quarter, you would have hit the paunch. The deer will be dead by tomorrow morning. Do a grid search and you'll likely find your deer.