Lost public land buck :(
My friend shot his first buck last night wasnt big but was a large body. It was shot around 6:00pm and was getting dark fast. He said he made a good shot middle chest but the arrow didnt go through. He said the fletchings were gone and couldnt see them. Problem is we couldnt find a good blood trail or the arrow. So as I am finding specks of blood we only made it about 50 yards and lost the trail. Then the fun part came, it got sooooo dark and we were unfamiliar with the land. We got lost and I will be the first to admit it. 1 1/2 later we found a trail and alot of thorn bushes. What do you think the chance are that we will find this deer? It was thick where we were and blood was scarce, any other suggestions.