Its hard to emphisize this enough. I learned from someone (with 60 bow kills) 20 years ago and have to admit, learned my lesson the hard way a couple times when I was young. You can never predict how much they'll bleed and how far they'll go. Any shot I take I'll wait 1 hour before even taking one step in the direction the deer was standing at impact. This is even if I think I made a perfect shot. (remember......even you said you hit 3" lower than you though) If I'm not sure of my shot but am pretty confident it was good I wait 2 hours. Its hard to do. If I make a questionable shot, to a bad shot, you need to give it a minimum 6 hours to 8 hours. If shot in the evening give it until the next morning. Its hard to do but you'll always recover your deer. The absolutley worst thing you can do is to start tracking a deer that isn't dead yet. If you think your doe was hard to find just wait until you jump a wounded deer that has bedded down to die. It goes off on adrenilne another 150 to 250 yards and there is no blood trail! First time bowhunters and rookie hunters(some vetrens) often learn vary hard lessons by tracking thier deer to soon after the shot!

Good Job on your first deer and good luck on the next one!