I wont paint as rosy a picture as some on here, you didnt mention that there was much blood on the arrow so Iwould not benot so certain of a liver hit, much less lung. No stomach contents.....I am thinking sincehe is a buck, and it is that time of year... His stomach (in theory anyway) would be mostly empty especialy if he was a dominant rutter.

Luck with the finding! No advice to give as i am pretty sure youknow more than me anyway! Most gut hits don't do 250 yards. Hope he is one of those.

good luck find your deer

Good luck finding him. Can't wait to see the pictures

Not sure your online or out looking. Honestly and I'm no one to tell you what to do when tracking, you could teach me. I however would not wait until tomorrow to track him. I wouldn't wait anything more than 8 hours. Nothing vitally hit will run 8 hours later, if it does, you didn't kill it.

A liver shot can be recovered 4 hours later....true guts, 6-8 preferably 8...

What time did you hit him?

What state are you hunting? There are 3 guys in IL willing to track from the United Blood Trackers and 2 in Wisconson.

Good luck on finding him Greg.... Sounds to me like you may have gotten some liver and if you said he was slightly quatering away, you might have got one lung also. I would think he shouldn't be too far off, but giving him time isthe safest thing to do with an unsure shot. Best of luck!!!!!

you made a bad shot, it happens, thats the end of it, learn from it a bit and move on

GregHang in there you know as well as anyone what it`s going to take to find him,
I took a buck about three weeks ago i made a 30yrd piss poor shot.
Hit way back as a matter of fact right threw the the stomack.

I knew i had to back out and give this buck some time and that just what i did and after waiting for over 5 1/2 to 6hrs i went back picked up the trail and found my buck about 80-100 yrds away.

You did the right thing backing out and giving him time to lay down.

Keep you head up and stay focussed, and persistent.
Greggood luck finding him.

Greg,

I hope you find him....

Sounds to me (from what you described) that you hit the liver, if so I'd bet that deer is dead now. Good luck but I don't think you'll need it, I think you will find him.

I know you got him down, now go out there and get him!

Greg i hope you find him. your doing the right thing by waiting. sounds like mabey a liver shot. This is the exact thing that has cost me two out of three p&y whitetails. they were in a hurry and i did not grunt or mah to stop them, tried the shot and missed all together. good luck!!