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<blockquote data-quote="KDM" data-source="post: 187376" data-attributes="member: 314"><p>If you have a good flashlight, I'd go now.&nbsp; Over my 30 years of tracking deer I've come up with the rule of thumb that I don't track a deer for 30 minutes after it's been hit and then if I think I have a good hit I follow the blood until I find either the deer or where the deer bedded down.&nbsp; If I even think I may have a marginal hit I wait 2 hours, then track.&nbsp; If I find a bed without a deer, that means the deer had enough strength to get back up with whatever hit I made and THAT means I need to back out.&nbsp; Based on your OP, 3+ hours is plenty of time and the deer should be dead by now and the more time you wait, the greater the chance of you finding a coyote tore up deer.&nbsp; If you find a bed without a deer in it, at least you will have mucked around enough to give the coyotes a bit of pause to hunt for a meal elsewhere.&nbsp; Good Luck!!&nbsp; Let us know how it goes!!</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="KDM, post: 187376, member: 314"] If you have a good flashlight, I'd go now. Over my 30 years of tracking deer I've come up with the rule of thumb that I don't track a deer for 30 minutes after it's been hit and then if I think I have a good hit I follow the blood until I find either the deer or where the deer bedded down. If I even think I may have a marginal hit I wait 2 hours, then track. If I find a bed without a deer, that means the deer had enough strength to get back up with whatever hit I made and THAT means I need to back out. Based on your OP, 3+ hours is plenty of time and the deer should be dead by now and the more time you wait, the greater the chance of you finding a coyote tore up deer. If you find a bed without a deer in it, at least you will have mucked around enough to give the coyotes a bit of pause to hunt for a meal elsewhere. Good Luck!! Let us know how it goes!! [/QUOTE]

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