About 10 years ago, in early fall, I shot a big doe from a tree. It was about a 5 yard shot, and I slam dunked her low behind the shoulder. She bolted off about 10 yards, stopped and stood long enough for me to reach for another arrow, then she walked off unsteadily. I got down, found the arrow sticking in the ground, no blood on it, just clear stinky fluid. That didn't seem right, very confusing. Couldn't find any blood on the ground either. Went to where she stood, couldn't find any blood. It was an evening hunt, with over an hour of daylight left, but temps pushing 70. I backed out, came back in the morning, and discovered that Ihad been looking in the wrong place where I thought she had stood. In fact the shot was as I called it, she bled alot where she stood, and there was an excellent blood trail about 100 yards long. I believe the arrow passed through the esophagus, wiping it clean. I found her dead in a pond eaten by preadators.I'll always regret that hunt, one of my worst.