Good morning. The rut here in west central Ohio has been non-existent until this morning. I had the best morning in recent history, seeing four separate P & Y bucks, all seeming to be after the same hot doe. I had a 150 class eight -point come in and shot him at 30 yards. I hardly had time to react because from the time I saw him to the time I shot was about 30 seconds. Here's the kicker. I watched him walk into a thicket about 50 yards away and that's the last I saw him. When I got down to find my arrow, what I found was not good, at least in my opinion. The hit looked good, maybe back in the breadbasket a bit further than I would have liked. My arrows are 26 1/2 inches long. My arrow penetrated 11/ 1/2 inches and then broke off. There is blood running down the shaft, but the vanes ar clean. If I hit in the vital area which I am 90% sure of, is 11 /1/2 inches of penetration enough to kill this deer? I didn't see any blood where I shot him, and I got out as quickly as I could so I would not push him at all. I figure I may give him until tomorrow morning, but am scared because of the coyotes. I'm just not so sure I killed him and that makes me sick. Any opinions? I just don't know why I didn't get a pass through. Maybe I hit a rib? Any ideas on this situation, please let me know. Thanks.