shot question

So my buddy shot at a nice buck today, I went to help him track it. There's snow cover so figured easy job. Tracked it for 100+ yards no blood, so we back out and figured a clean miss, thoughts?

 

First question would be what story did the arrow tell?

 

I would look at the arrow and go from there.

 

I consulted my magic 8 ball - "My sources say no"

 

Check the arrow and go from there.

 

Any hair ?,hard to tell without further details.

 

Didn't find arrow, but it's really thick with some water, we've lost arrows before.. No hair, no crashing after shot, just a jump Amber ran down the trail.