RE: Good hit, no recovery
I helped track a deer this weekend for 2 miles and it looks like the arrow knicked a lung. After about 1.5 miles the blood was wet and plentiful and it looked like the deer had not expired and was being pushed. The guys never found it. Waiting a few hours will never hurt unless coyotes or something get into it. It sucks not find a deer like that. I think pushing deer is the biggest mistake people make.