Good luck. You will find him. I wouldn't wait overnight, though.

Greg, trust your instincts and start trailing him when you think the right amount of time has passed. Be persistent and good luck. Cant wait to see pics!

good luck hope you get him

Greg, I agree with the others. From the angle of trajectory, I too think liver & possibly a major vessel & possibly a lung. He's out there, just find him. Post some pics so we can see.

I would go out and look this evening. If you got liver the deer is dead. Leaving it out there for the coyotes is pretty risky. I think I would go look and see how the blood trail is. Even if you only got guts he would be pretty sick by this evening.

Darrall

Greg, I skipped through a lot of this post.. I may have missed it. How cold out is it?

Best of luck finding him.

Sorry to hear about that Greg. It sounds like you made a wise decision to wait until tomorrow. It stinks having to wait until then though. Thats the only thing you will think about until you find him. Good luck!

Good luck finding him Greg. Sounds like you got a good hit on him, I'm looking forward to pics.

Good luck and let us know how you make out in the morning.

Greg,

Thats a tough one man...i will RARELY shoot at deer without stopping them...i think ive done it once and i ended up gettin the back of the lungs luckily. I know that you had a bad experience with gruting at him to stop him, but its usually the best thing to do.

Dont beat yourself up too bad. It didnt sound like too bad of a shot. I think you should give him some time for sure and get back after him. From what you have said it sounds like he should bed up and expire. We can only hope anyway...

Good Luck!