Man I hate that when you can't find your arrow or the game, it's a tough deal! Hope things work out for you down there, sounds like your on to some nice ones.
Myself I've passed on so many bucks this season, and to tell you the truth I need to put my hands on some antler pretty darn soon!
It's getting cold with lows in the single digits this week and the herds of deer are really hitting the food sources. I have some buddies coming over from Manitoba next week to bow hunt so it's going to be a good time!
Lots of nice up and comers, glassed a nice mature 24" or so wide 4x4 that should go 155-160. If he comes by my blind he's gonna get it!
If I get a buck from where I'm sitting I'll take some pics. It's barren ground with just one small bush for a long long ways, so the snow is blown up deep all around it on a section line trail. I dug a hole in the snow bankand sit on a folding chair beside it and the deer trail is just 20 yds away, they haven't a clue I'm there when the winds right!

good luck guys!