Monday's shot placement...no recovery
Saw a beautiful 9pt buck with a doe on Sunday evening in one our hayfields. I knew he would be in the area with that doe only for a few days until she was bred. I took work off on Monday morning and hunt him. I have a treestand set up that wasn't ideal for the area with the wind direction but chanced it. Long story short, I shot him at about 8:15am. He was directly broadside and at about 40yds. I felt my arrow hit him perfectly vertically, however was a bit forward. The arrow only penetrated 5-6", he broke the arrow off and I found both pieces. The blood trail was unbelievable for about 150yds, the amount of blood this deer lost was incredible. After 150yds the blood started to get smaller and smaller, by 300yds it was just specks that we could find. Has anyone had a similar shot and if so did you recover the deer? Any help would be appreciated.