GMMAT.... sometimes "STUFF" just happens. Anyone that hunts long enough will have some squirrelly things happen. No way I can give any advice that might make it easier to find the next time. You got to go with what you find and play it from there. If you were high it's obvious she bled out mostly internally. There probably was some blood that you missed, although probably meager amounts. Sometimes the terrain and vegetation just makes it harder. Being from Carolina I know you've seen how hard it is to track in pine straw compared to leaves. Open fields can be a bugger too. Sometimes the best thing is to go on the best guess as to where she would go when injured. 200 yards isn't a long way for her to run if you only got one lung and probably liver. A liver shot is for sure usually a 200 yard dash. She was probably dead within a few minutes of being shot. I'd say the meat would be questionable in that heat. You can't really tell until you skin them out a little. If the tummy is all bloated up you're sure to find the underside of the skin starting to have a green tint or slimy appearance. When I hit that I leave it for coyotes and foxes. If it took her a few hours to die the meat may have been OK. Then you have to really fall back on bloated state and color. Sorry for the results, I know you put a lot of effort and time into doing everything right. Sometimes Mother Nature just throws us a curve. You may go for years without another such incident but you'll always remember that crappy feeling that goes with these deals. Sounds like you did your best and tried to do it right. Those quartering to shots are a bummer. May want to reconsider the possible negatives over the benefits of such shots. I just don't do them anymore, but that's me. I figure if I'm at full draw and the deer is quartering to.... if I hold out long enough they'll turn at some point or come on in to give me a better shot. Even if they turn to leave you have enough time usually to slip in a better hit. And if it doesn't happen, well there's the next hunt. This hunt stunk up the woods with wife, friends and yourself wandering all over in heat. Hot weather sucks for hunting.