if your asking for advice forest or insight on how you did that day here is my point of view.
You gave up too easy looking for that deer. you should have backed out once you say he stopped bleeding and gone back out in the morning.
now because of that don't give up hunting, ask ask ask questions. i ask some that i am sure some people on here think are stupid but i don't care. you always learn something from asking. read alot. hunting shows are not that realistic, pick and choose what you might use from them. you will never stop learning about deer and when you think you have it figured out then the weather changes and so do the deers pattern. so good luck learning