That's a heck of a rub. I agree with Duke. Deer that I've seen shot in the brisket can bleed a lot. Did you find the arrow? Did it break off, was it a complete pass through, was it covered in blood or just partially covered, when he was hit did his tail go up or did he put it down between his legs...

The deer I shot this year - I hit a little far back and there was hardly ANY blood trail. But the arrow was totally covered in blood so I gave him about 7 hours and pretty much just followed the fenceline I last saw him walking and walked right up to him not more than a couple of hundred yards from where I last saw him.

Filled pretty much my last tag tonight... Bitter sweet because he's a great deer but it would have been fun to see what he looked like next year Pretty sure I posted a trail cam pic of this guy earlier...