this evening I hit the largest dear I have ever seen while bowhunting. a heavy beam 12 point. i shot while he was stopped broadside about 35 yards away. he bolted, stopped once after about 50 yards, looked back, ran stopped at about 100 yards atop a hill looked back again then ran.

I waited about 20 mins, went to site of shot recovered arrow. it was in fine condition with slight amount of blood from tip to fletching with a little hair. there was also a decent amount of white hair at scene. I tracked for about 150- 200 yards finding nickel and dime size blood. at the top of the hill where he stopped the second time there was a spot about six inches by eight of blood and he only stopped a second. after this if found a few more drops then the field opened up and I lost the trail. it was almost dark so I decided to wait until tomorrow morning.

what would you do and what do you think are the chances of recovery. I think i hit him low and it could be a nick, but did seem like a good amount of blood considering he was running and still leaving a trail.