I agree 100%.

A common theme I see in all of these lost deer threads is in the abondonment of the blood trail. IMO there is always more blood somewhere and 100% of the effort should be on relocating and following the blood trail - as dismal and hard a task it may be. It is almost always the best chance of finding a deer.

Once the 4 friends are called you know the trail is soon forgotten and the " search is on.

I think the trail is lost - an hour is spent trying to find it - then 5 hours spent " looking" for white.

Looking for " white" to me is the last and worst option a tracker should take.

I would take 4 hours on my knees looking for one drop of blood - over 10 hours of looking for the deer any day.

JMO