I blew it!
For the last three years I have been hunting pretty hardcore for a big mature buck. I was hunting a corn field that I put in for a food plot this morning. As soon as it got shooting light I hit my grunt call twice. About 2 mins later I hear a buck grunt 4 times LOUD. Hit my grunt again and he was on top of me. A really big 140" deer. I had to mouth grunt to get him to stop. Drew back and shot. My illuminock made it look like i shot completely over him. Got down and looked at my arrow and had little blood with particles of something all down the shaft. I walked the other way and waited 2 and a half hours. Then got on the trail. It looked GREAT! Blood all over stalks of corn. Good blood for probably 100 yards and then it was just a drop so often. Tracked him around 500 yards and nothing. The blood trail vanashed. I am devastated.
Any thoughts or advise?