The buck in my avatar was gutshot at 5 pm. At noon the next day we started tracking him - and jumped him!This was17 Hours later and he was still alive! We backed out again and came back another 24 hours later. We found him less than 100 yards from where we jumped him and less than 200 yards from where I originally shot him.

Deer are tough. If you hit the liver he'lldie within 6 hours. If not it could be 12 ormore hours. Take your bowwith you in case he's still alive.

Good luck... you did right bybacking out. He won't go far if you leave him alone.