RE: When do you give up on the track?
I have to agree with davemill.
The doe I shot was not a stellar shot, she turn into the arrow as I fired, I told myself not to shoot, but I did. I watch where the arrow hit(liver, I was right). As she took off threw the corn I watch the corn. The corn stop moving about 60 yds from my stand. I marked the spot, sat in my stand for two hours, climbed down went in changed clothes and statred the search. Took me about 5 mins to find blood where I last saw her, another 5 to find her.
If I did not watcher her, and know where I hit her, it would have been a tough track.
There where three spots of blood from where I shot here, and where I last saw her and picked up the trail. I know this because I had to go find my arrow, I did not want the farmer to run over it with his combine. It fell out about 30 yds from my stand.