First doe I shot with my bow was a gut shot...I wasn't prepared and didn't have a range finder...I tracked her a mile or so and jumped her couple times...but I was trespassing all over peoples property I didn't know and didn't want to risk getting the law called on me...so after many hours I had to call it quits...It sucks but that's hunting...it happens to the best of us...jump back in there and get one.