Let me start bye saying that i'm new to the forums and bowhunting. I have killed more than my fair share of deer with a gun but none with a bow. I attempted a shot on two different deertoday and i'm not sure about the shots. The first shot i thought was low, but i never heard the arrow hit the ground. I've missed shots before and always heard the arrow hit the ground but this time i heard no sound. The deer ran in astraight lineuntil i couldn'thear or see him anymore(which was about sixty yards.)
On the next shot(different deer form the first shot), ithinki hit the deer. The sound it made kinda sounded like what i imagine a watermelon would sound like being hit by an arrow. (I've hit a tree before and it sounded nothing like this)hit a treeThis deer also ran in a straight line out of sight(50 yards.)
It is now dark with no moon. I couldn't findeither arrow. I walked about 25 yards for the first deer and found no blood. For the second deer i walked about 50 yards and found no blood but heard a sound that sounded like an animal struggling to stand and having a hard time breathing and then a something that sounded like a racoon mixed with a deer grunt. Kinda sounded like a growl. Never heard this sound from a deer before. I want to say that it had to be an injured deer because me and my roommate had been in the are for a good 30 minutes, talking andmaking a lot of noise. Am i wrong?
We stopped the tracking efforts to give the deer time to die(assuming thats what made that sound.)We will start again at first light.Does it sound like i hit either of these deer?


Sorry about the long read. and please don't flame me for being a bad shot. i have two inch groups at thirty yards on the range.It's a different story with a deer in front of me.