As usual, 100% horse pucky there. I've had perfect double lunged deer go as far as 500 yards. I've had perfectly hit double lunged with the top of the heart bisected go 250 yards. And then I've seen the same hits put them down in just a few yards. Using a compass is in no way whatsoever going to help find a downed animal. Animals don't go in any certain direction when injured so how in the hell could a compass help other than you knowing which direction you are going? I personally don't need a compass for that.

Another perfectly no sense answer. Just this past firearm season I shot a doe that was spooky, knew I was there in the pop up blind. I shot her at 71yds with my scoped .460 pistol with a 225grn Horn Flex-Tip at 1975fps with a slightly high, behind the shoulder shot, from shooting sticks while sitting down, saw the exit hole as she turned towards the woods. She jumped straight up and took off with the one next to her. Never went in a straight line at all. Zig zagged the whole way. No compass help there!!! It was 10 mins before end of shooting time. Several large lung clots at impact area, dwindled to drops within 10yds. Lost blood trail before she hit the timber 20yds away. Got dark and was quite cold. Went home and came back in the AM with back up. She was 75yds inside the timber, bottom of hill in wet lands. Lung/heart area blown to just red water.

I also do not kw what a compass has to do with finding wounded deer besides getting yourself out of the woods ! I have seen deer turn at right angles when running away---I have seen deer make a slight turn, After the initial run, especially with gut shot deer I have seen deer turn numerous times before laying down to die !

lol. that's just cause they forgot their compass

I swear sometimes the man is a genius. You would have to be pretty smart to come up with such outlandish and completely ridiculous ideas. Using a compass to find deer? Maybe if it had an EXTREMELY powerful magnet shoved up it's bum!! Other than that, what use would a compass or any other directional finding implement be? I can see using a GPS waypoint marker to mark last sign found, maybe establishing a pattern of flight but other than that, nope, nodda, nuttin, not a single use whatsoever of directional devices.