I told u would find her. Congrats on that doe dosent sound like a bad size doe. Well for all the comfort i brought u get ahold of me an i will give u my address so u can send me some backstraps. Dont think im kidding. CONGRATS

GOOD deal

Happy ending and a lesson learned. When in doubt of a shot, wait longer than you normally would and you'd probably found her in the first bed....like I wrote in the Recovery thread pinned at the top of the page....when mortally wounded, a deer will usually bed withing 250 yards of the shot and in your case, much closer.....congrats on a great recovery.

Good job! So was it hit where you thought?

Nice job----congrats on the recovery. It's always scary when you jump em, you never know how far they will go.

Good job in waiting. You can't go wrong that way.

Congrats again.

I would say that if you let her lay until 10:30 or so after the wife gets home you'll prolly find her close to where you jumped her....Oh I see you've already thought of that

CONGRATS!!!!!!

Yes & no. At the shot I'da swore it was a perfect hit. She was only 15 yards out from my ground blind & her head behind a tree without a clue. I watched the fletching dissapear into her & it looked tight behind the shoulder.

After I saw her first walk & then run away after the shot I knew something wasnt right.
I thought my deer had dropped out of sight & this one had been following it or something.

When I went looking for blood however it became obvious that the deer I saw runing like she was unhurt was mine. I went back & looked at the arrow & it was covered with red blood but no gut gunk so I thought liver & was right this time.

Hey Leverdude----when you found her where was the entrance and exit wound?

It cut the second to last rib going in & came out just behind the ribs on the other side.
I forgot to mention before that I shot thru the dern window again. Got 3 windows wth holes now. I practiced at home with them open 4" without issue but every time I shoot a deer I hit the window. [:'(] I had it open a good 8" this time too.

Glad you found her. I had a similar situation happen near dark earlier this season and decided to wait till morning and found the deer right away. Of course I had to fork over some big $$$ to get work coverage from a partner who was on vacation while I found the deer, but still well worth it.