well i get very excited and about fall out of my stand if its very nice lol.. then i think about where the shot was.. if i saw that it was far back i will wait about 20 min, go look for my arrow and blood and see what the arrow smells like, what the blood looks like, and how much blood there is. if it looks kinda highor in the shoulder, i will wait 15 min or so, then go look for my arrow and blood. if there is good sign, i will wait about 10 more min then track it, if no good sign, i will come back in the at least 6 or 10 hours later with a friends tracking dog. if it looks like a good shot i will weight about 20 min then go down and look for blood and my arrow, and if there is good sign i will go ahead and track it then. it all depends on shot placement for me :P