For me, it is very difficult to mark a spot from the stand and find it quickly once I climb down because the perspective is so different. Now, on our farms is one thing because I know them so well I can pretty much tell where they are going, but on public land or somewhere I don't know so well I mark the spot I hit them. I am colorblind and can't follow a blood trail so I either go get my dog or whomever I am hunting with to help me from there. I do watch them as long as I can though because if I can see them go down then all of the above is a moot point.