I shot a 8 point buck with a bow a few years back and was blood tracking it. I had only went about 20 yards, maybe a little more and came to a balsam three that was on the ground... the blood stopped on the one side, so I figured it jumped the downed balsam and kept going, but with all the blood it was loosing, I really didn't think it went far. Walked around that balsam tree and not a drop of blood. Sat there scratching my head wondering what the heck.. looked down and there was a deer leg sticking out from under that tree. It crawled under there and died.