Sadly I must report that I did not find the buck. I had good blood starting about 100 from where it was hit. The first spot I found looked like a cough splattering. I had good blood for about 90 yards then it grew faint. Near the end of where I last found blood, it jumped over a few stacked fallen trees and there are approx 20 blood drops on the trees. It made a 90 degree turn on a logging road and 30 yards later the blood stopped. The last spot of blood has 6 blood drops w/in a foot diameter and thats it. Cant seem to find any more blood. My arrow is presumably still in the deer. The blood was mostly dark red in color (which makes me think if I did hit vitals, it is liver shot).

I am a little confused about the blood just stopping, makes me think it may have been coming out of his mouth (especially w/ the blood splatter).

I scoured the area from 2 when I went out until 6:30 when I was running short on light. I plan on going out tomorrow to look some more in the morning until 9ish and after my 11am interview. I will try to update the status after that.