Sutton, I am a fairly new bowhunter as well. Last year was my first year. I too, only have limited time to hunt. Last year, instead of taking a questionable shot like I could have, I ended up going home with nothing. Did I end up having fun? I had a great season. I enjoyed every minute of it and learned a lot. The people who helped teach me how to shoot gave me a very important lesson.

Never take a shot you are not confident in.

With that being said, I wish you luck in your search for the animal. You need to go check what the blood looked like. I hope the weather co-operates for you and that you can find the doe. I would consider it a lesson learned if I were you, and to not be so "trigger happy" next time you are in the woods. You aren't going out there to shoot anything that moves. You should go out there trying to get a good shot opportunity to take.

Good luck finding your deer.