I guess I'm old fashion. I just get down in the leaves and stare I've seen the lights and such but I guess I'm just too stuck in my ways.

My cousin a couple years ago shot a little 8 pointer high behind the shoulder and basically only hit meat. We tracked that deer for over a mile. I spent the good part of that day on all fours in the leaves. We'd find drops of blood about the size of a bb about every 10-15 yards. Then we'd go a 100 yards or so and finda softball size spot where I guess he stood for a min. Finally after about 4 or 5 hours we jumped him and he left with his tail up. We came back the next day but no sign of him. Hopefully he was shot by someone else soon after that. That was by far the hardest tracking job I've ever done.

Chap made a good point though. Sometimes they don't start bleedin' right away. I made a perfect hit on a small buck one year w/a 30-30. He went about 30 yards before he started bleedin' but buddy when he did it was like you poured it out of a bucket. It was a short tracking job from there Point is, just because there isn't blood or hair at the place where the deer was standing doesn't mean that you didn't hit it. Start walkin' in the direction it left in, you may get a pleasent surprise.