Nice post Rob! I usually wait a 1/2 hour before even checking for the blood or looking for an arrow on a passthrough. Then according to where I am sure[] I hit the deer, the amount of blood immediately where he was standing, and the reaction of the deer...... I decide from that point on.

I will disagree slightly with you on one thing......more than 1/2 of the deer I have taken have been walking slowly, usually very slowly. I think deer are less alert when they are slowly moving and thus in a more natural state. But I will state I will not take a shot at even a very slow moving animal if the shot is not right.....that being open, a reasonable close distance and a shot that I have great confidence in.