Well thats not always the case. I shot a doe for example Saturday morning and couldnt see more than 40 yards so I never saw her go down. Found her 55-60 yards away.

Ive tracked deer before more than a half mile. I lost the blood tral after 200 yards, little blood trail, and continued a radius search until 11PM, took the day off work, went back in the morning and continued, found him at the other other of our 2200 acre property, went about a half mile.