Very good info. i recently shot a nice wide 8 pointer with my bow at 25 yards and hit him a little high. i had to leave that night to go back home from my lease so i could only wait about 1 hour before looking. i started tracking him and found puddles of blood where he had been bedding up. the blood was very fresh and i knew i was pushing him so i had to back off. I stayed home from work the next day becuase the deer was most important to me. i tracked all day and never found him. 3 months later i got some trail camera pictures of the same deer eating at my feeder. he had a scar from the arrow and it is perfect left in right just inbetween the spine and his loungs. it just goes to show you that they will fight to live and if there is a possibilty that they an they probably will. great tips though and i am definantly going to wait longer before tracking my next one.