On the stand i was sure that i missed the first deer. I was bummed because it was a 110, 120 class buck. biggest i've killed is 126 1/8. But when i got home, i heard that if you gut shoot a deer the arrow impact might not make any noise at all, which it didn't. So i want some more experienced bowhunters advice it. i would hate to gut shoot that deer and then never find it.
What about the actions of the deer. I've killed 40 some odd deer with a rifle and not one of them just ran after being hit. Most just dropped but the ones that did run either fell first or kickedbefore they started running.Bowhunting is different so i don't if a flat out run means a missed shot.
And what about the growl sound i hear? Could it have come from a wounded deer? Would any animal capable of leaving still be in the area after us making so much noise?