Help with tracking deer

Okay so before I get negative thoughts on my shot please read disclaimer...

I’m a 19 year old hunter and have been hunting since I was like 8 and have never bagged or hit a deer barely ever saw any. This year has been a glory year for seeing deer but I don’t have a doe tag so all I can shoot is buck I’ve seen the same buck 3 times. First time I saw it he didn’t present a shot, second time I saw him I missed low, third time I saw him I hit him about 40 yards away with a crossbow (this is where the story begins).

So it’s right early in the morning I woke up late and I’m heading out to my stand to sit til noon and I see a buck in the field right as I pull up. Instantly my nerves start going and I get ready to go sneak up on it. As I sneak up on it I wait for it to get closer and when it does (broadside somewhat quartering away) I shoot the deer. The shot sounded good and when I went to retrieve my arrow I saw 3 things, 1 it passed through, 2 it was dark red blood, 3 there wasn’t a whole bunch in the arrow. I called my buddy with my nerves going to tell him to get ready to track in a few hours and he said with red blood to wait 4-5 hours. This is where my first mistake happens, I went out to find blood 2 hours after shooting the deer (I simply couldn’t wait) I didn’t kick anything out but I noticed that the blood was weak and there was bone fragments every so often the small bone fragments looked something like broken teeth (no it wasn’t a headshot) I called my buddy to report what I found and he said to get out of the field and just wait so I did. Fast forward 3 hours later we’re tracking and we find a lot of blood about like 55yards away from initial shot. I was excited we followed the thick blood and at one pile there was a 1 inch by 1 inch bloody cube that felt malleable jello after finding that we continued following for like a for 5 yards only for it to stop and go back to weak blood, then weak blood eventually trickled into no blood. My heart sank. We looked around to see where the deer went and couldn’t find anything aside from kicking out a doe. After 3 hours of walking my excitement turned to depression (literally). We finally hung up the search about 2 hours ago and there are several field patches that we didn’t get to zigzag through but my hope is ultimately diminished. Can some experienced hunters comment good, bad, ugly of what they thing about my story any comments would be greatly appreciated.

pictures are the arrow, first blood, then first sign of thick blood.