He was following a trail and it was bright red blood. My luck in finding him may have been hampered by the owner of the next farm.

The deer went on to his property and he was out hunting small game with his dog in the area the deer went. Before heading up the hill the blood trail made a series of turns.

We never found an area where he bedded down. The blood trail went from areas of lots of blood for several yards to only drops that you had to find on your hand & knees and then back to lots of blood. But you could tell that he was still moving.

From my experence in teaching archery class, I would have to say he lost at least 1/4 of his blood volume.

We did not get any rain overnight, so I will be heading back out in about an hour.