Hey,

Don't wait just 4-5 hours!!!! I lost the biggest deer of my lifetime last year becasue I didn't wait on this exact same situation. I shot him at like 6pm and waited to go and get him at like 12pm. He was liver hit and he went and bedded about 100yards from where I shot him. We kicked him out of his bed and he never bled a drop after that and we never found him. I still loose sleep to this day over that deer. I know its hard but what do you have to loose expecially if its cold enough out. Wait 10 hours just to be safe thats 5pm, again why not be on the safe side. Liver shot deer can live a long time expecially if they bed down right away and arent that spooked, and it sounds like that is your case. Good luck and let us know!