Hi guys,
Pretty rough bow season this year. I lost 2 deer and recovered 1.

On the first deer. Doe.Shot at 25 yards. Broadside. From a ground blind. Hit right behind shoulder. Midway up. Complete passthrough. Bubbly blood on the arrow. Blood on both sides of the trail and on higher leaves. Began tracking after 2 hours
I tracked this deer about 500 yards up and down the mountain and then lost the blood. 3 of us trailed it for 6 hours the first day. Lost the blood after the first 4 hours. Went back the next day and tried to pick up a trail. looked for another 6 hours. no recovery

2nd deer. Same blind. Doe standing next to my same 25 yard marked tree. This time slightly quartering away.
Hit the deer behind the shoulder and it stuck into the far shoulder. slightly lower than halfway upsaw about 1/4 of the arrow sticking out as she ran off.
This time i heard the 3 deer running through the woods to my left then go up the hill behind me. I left my blind to go home and change and woujld come back later to recover. Apparently 2 of the deer went left and then up the hill but the deer i shot went left then down. As I was walking out of the woods on my trail I saw the blood. lot's of it but i must have jumped it. Same thing. tracked over 2 days but never recovered.

Third deer.
Ground blind, 15 yards, broadside. Hit her too far back. waited in my blind 2 hours went to leave the woods to come back later since it was a hit that was too far back. Deer was piled up 30 yards from my blind just over the mound. When i gutted the deer i could see I had only hit a portion of the liver.

I put 2 good shots on the first 2 deer and could not recover. I make a terrible shot on deer #3 and this one dies right away.

BTW, I almost put up the bow. I mean I basically had to be talked into hunting with a bow again for that third deer. I had sworn off bow hunting after the second one. I'm glad my buddy talked me into going but truthfully. I still have my doubts.
PS. I had a great gun seaqson though