model722, welcome to the board and I agree with you. Alot of times deer will stand in one spot and then go back the way they come from and then go in a different direction.
Tracking a deer after an bow shot requires alot of thought. The first being how good of a shot did I make. Always, no matter how good, give the deer time to lay down and die. If it's a double lunger, that time doesn't have to be but about 30 minutes. If your not sure of the shot, go somewhere and have breakfast or whatever and give the deer 3 or 4 hours to die before trying to track the deer. Otherwise, your going to push him all over the state.