Newbie Question

[haggard1]

I shot my first turkey yesterday with archery tackle. Hit her solid in the side at 15 yards and expected her to run a few yards and fall over. Instead, she disappeared. I spend the next 5 hours zig zagging through the woods trying to locate her. Is there any particular pattern they follow when this happens? Do they go straight, circle, no pattern... what?

Thanks.

[TRKYHTR]

They usually go to the first place they can hide. Like under some brush or a log. Look for places that are thick where they can crawl into. This has happened to me a few times and every one that I found went straight for the first place they could hide. Good luck,

TRKYHTR

[haggard1]

She hid good.... I looked under and inside everything I could find. Thanks for the tip.