ORIGINAL: PABrent
Liver shot deer need 4-6 hours on the ground. Hitting the liver will cause INTERNAL Hemorrhage. The deer should bed down within a few hundred yards. Also I firmly believe the deer will take the path of least resistance IF it is not jumped. After that its hard to tell. I just recovered a liver shot deer and I took out 1 lung. The deer ran about 500 yards AFTER I jumped him. Get a buddy and one of you stay on blood, the other make large circles and you'll find him. Dont give up
no two deer are the same. i think in most cases what you stated can be assumed, but my brother shot one that hit liver and exited high missing other organs. deer ran and ran (not being bumped)..went over a mile and never beeded down and went up hill...completely opposite of what is common practice.
buttom line do the norm and check downhill and path of least resistance,... then check the none norm