30 minutes isn't necessarily a good rule of thumb. The hit should dictate the wait, it's so important to know where you hit an animal.

Here is some excellent reading from everyone.

http://forum.hunting.net/bbs/topic.a...00&FORUM_ID=19

<font color=blue>Good Luck and Good Shooting</font id=blue>

<font color=red>Rob</font id=red>