This deer definitely sounds like it's dead. Any deer that beds down that many times that close to where it was shot has to be hurting. You just have to put the hours in out there to find it.

I don't know why everyone insists on letting questionable shots sit for HOURS. I am in the middle of the book "Finding Wounded Deer." The only shots the author recommends waiting for more than a half hour to take up the trail is gut shots. Every other wound is 20 mins to a half hour. No idea why everyone here preaches waiting HOURS to look for any wounded deer. I think all the experts here ^^^ need to read this book.

Best of luck....I think you'll find it.