A friend of mine had a similar situation happen a few years ago. His brother was hunting and has several deer come out at about 80 yards. He shot at a buck, and it ran off into the woods. They searched the hillside for quite some time with no luck. About a week later, they found the remains under a blowdown that was so thick, they had a hard time seeing it when they could locate it by smell. All you can do is look as hard as possible, but with no blood trail, it'll happen sooner or later. As long as you know you put the time in, and was looking in the right place, you can't fault yourself. Good luck with the remainder of the season.
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