the only thing i have ever killed with my bow is a doe, and to me its just like arrowing a 200 in. monster!! i bet u was heart broken!!! i know i would have been... exspecially it was my first... my uncle did the same thing to a buck last year... they looked and looked and could not find her, but about 2 weeks later we was walkin back to the stand and seen a glimpse of horns, and ran over there to c him standing there!!! it was only about 75 yards from the stand!!!! in a bunch of weeds