Hey all, I'm new to these forums but been finding some interesting info as I lurk around. I found this post to be very informational, and I just felt like I should share an experience I had last weekend bowhunting. I got my first oppertunity at a mature doe with my new bow I bought right before the start of the season. It was a 18yd broadside shot,the arrow placement was right behind the shoulder, but high up towards the backstrap. She was a little nerverous before the shot and I believe she might have done the typical drop before the arrow got there! Anyways I still felt pretty confident because I have recovered deer in the past with a simular shot,still caught lung on the angle! When I got down with my 2 other buddies, we could not find the arrow and not one drop of blood between where I shot her in the field and where she ran into the wood line(approx.35-40yds)where I could of swore I herd her crash and pyle up after the shot! I went back the next morning and searched high and low for blood and arrow both in the field and a good 60yds into the woods! I could not find nothing at all! My buddy seems to think I missed and shot over her back and my arrow is in the high grass section that she was standing on the edge of when I shot! I wish I did miss complety,but I wish I could have at least found the arrow so I would know for sure! Even if it was not a passthrough there should have been blood somewhere along the line,right?Well I guess I'll never really know the real answer,which stinks,but I guess thats part of bowhunting!