I took a doe saturday 8:30am at 12yrds. The shot was right on target she mule kicked and took of running very fast but i didn`t here her go down? I sat back down but not only to give the deer more time to die but as i have many other occations, sat back down only to have another deer walk up. and end up with a double. But if its late in the morning or late in the afternoon and the shot i made is good i will most of the time waitmaby 20-30min.
Is the visual of the deer going down more importantthan visual of the shot placement?
Absoluty not!Sometimes a gut shot deer will walk out a ways and lie down within sight.
A lot of time a deer shotperfectly through the vitils will take off running very fast and can cover a lot of ground quickly but make no mistake about its not going far
To me a deer laying down within sight don`t mean anything unless it is maby spine shot ect..