RE: Shortest distance to recover your deer?
my story is about the same as yours. double lunger, took everything off the top of the heart and passed right through..went 20 yards, stopped, looked around, tipped over dead. 21yd shot. i was surprised at the lack of a blood trail though...i tried back trailing to find my arrow. very sparse and only the last couple yards he went...but he was FULL inside...another second or 2 and it would been flowing like a river for sure..just never filled up to the holes...
i hope all my deer shot with a bow drop within sight...i dont like tracking deer, even if they are hit well.