for me, being new to the game, if it aint above 60 degrees, im going to wait atleast a half hour if i KNOW i double lunged it...an hour if i can stand to sit there an hour...

if its hot and i KNOW i double lunged it i will be on the track within a half hour...

my thinking is a dead animal aint going anywhere till i tie my rope to it and pull. but if im unsure, im waiting. half hour or so, get down and read the arrow and sign i can find at the POI...then make a judgement call.

if i see it go down, i will be there shortly...

take last year for example...my left and right was dead on...i knew that. knew the deer didnt drop from a spine hit. thought i had a pass through...i about fell from the tree so i climbed down queitly and slowly and went to the POI. i was confident it was a double lung hit and id be draggin shortly. looked 5yds from the POI and theres my arrow...3-4" of shaft missing...a couple inches of blood on the arrow. i knew it was a double lunger and i got bad penetration or i hit too high and hit the spine. gave it another hour, hour and a half and started tracking. still cant belive that wasnt a double lunger. 400yds later and no beds or anything he went about his life as a live deer...not a mounted one

i had the confidence....but was shown otherwise...i knew the shot was a tad high because he lowered his body about to bolt....but didnt think it was THAT high.