I started tracking waaaay too soon on a doe I hit with my CB this evening at 4PM. I got a good hit and she ran back into the thicket where she had come from. I listened as she ran, then heard a loud crash, and all went quiet. I ASSumed she had crashed for good, so I took up the trail and was finding good blood, and also my bolt, then came to this bed. I'd been pushing her! I backed out, and I'll find her in the morning. With the snow she should be easy to locate. I just hope the fox don't get to her.

Just waiting for a half an hour would probably have made all the difference in the world. It just shows, it's ALWAYS best to wait unless you actually see the deer go down.