Good luck duc....seriously, don't give up. Matt / PA just called me, said they stopped at a convinience store and saw a truck with huge antlers sticking up. They walked up and talked to the guy. The guy had a 207" buck in the truck he just found from a week ago, yup, gut shot.

Personally speaking 5.5 hours isn't enough time to start looking after a known gut shot. The guy I wrote of above, jumped his deer the next morning....it died later....I wouldn't even consider starting until 8 hours passed.

Look in creek bottoms, water sources and thickets. He'll want to bed.

I have to ask though, you said you hit exactly where you were aiming, I'm assuming you were not intentionally aiming into the guts? I think I know you better than that, right?

I wish you the best, think back on Matt's thread...persistance pays.