Thank you. Sorry for the interrupted posts, but I have two little ones running around so each time I hit a stopping point I have to stop to settle the most recent crisis.
Now back to the regular scheduled programming...
At impact it appeared as if I'd shot a blunt into a trampoline. Watching the arrow penetrate, I was dumbfounded when it halted progress to seemingly push the eject button. The arrow reversed course, launched about ten feet into the air, then landed ten yards away. There was no accompanying "crack", or any other clue to belay what had occurred.
Immediately upon arrow departure, the doe began literally plowing away with her nose in the dirt, and her front legs barely keeping her on her, uh, feet. After a 25 yard circular dash, she righted herself, flicked her tail, and began to steadily walk.
Surely, I had hit her right where I thought I had, right? How could my eyes betray me at such a close distance? Deciding to stick with my initial belief, I nocked a second arrow. Finding an opening ahead of where she was walking proved difficult, and I was forced to wait until she was nearly 30 yards away. Normally I do not shoot at this distance, however I knew she was hit, although I was not positive where, and wanted to get another arrow into her.
As she oozed into the next opening I released a second arrow, which struck her directly in the spine. Only thinking of getting down to dispatch her as quickly as possible, I rushed down the tree.
Running to where she laid proved needless, as she was already dead. The first arrow had indeed been perfect. Let the head scratching begin.