Good post Rob - I' ll add one bit of advice - and one " wrinkle"

*** ALWAYS mark in your mind the EXACT place you last saw the deer. Before you ever go out and hunt - get it in your mind that maybe the most important thing you do after the shot - is to know the EXACT spot your deer was the last time you saw it after the shot. I usually pick a tree - and BURN it into my memory.*****

As far as a wrinkle - You must use your best judgement with Coyotes. If you hear them howling after the shot - and you know its a marginal shot - you might want to try to sneak in. I actually lost a 1 lung hit buck - after I let it lay for 4 hours - not because I bumped it - but because - almost immediately after the shot (8:00am) coyotes were on the trail - I spent days covering miles - and never found that deer that I know was a one lung (high angle shot). I suppose the deer could have made it - but I' ve taken over 30 deer - and I' m quite sure it was a killing shot - just not the best possible ( too low, high angle, close range).