RE: average distance deer go
 

Hunting really, really thick woods also factors in. When I hunt in pines, they find 'safer' places to slow down in quicker...it's nice except that the blood trail is harder to follow on pine needles than normal leaves in my opinion.

RE: average distance deer go
 

If you are hunting in hardwoods even a gut shot deer will not go farther that 100yds if it isn't pushed. More times than not it's getting right on a deers trail that will makeit go any farther than that.