to wait to start tracking a deer. I shot him at about 7:15 and I obviously didn't shoot him very well because he ran off. Couldn't find any blood for about 40 or 50 yds and when it started it was not plentiful or foamy. I couldn't pick up any particular odor from it either. I don't think he's gut shot and I don't think he's lung shot but I know he's shot. He may just be gone.

Am I safe to think that if I missed vitals I'll have to get lucky and have him just bleed out or else he survives and I never see him again and if he's going to bleed out he ought to be done doing that within 3 hours or so? It was not a lot of blood but I didn't follow the trail very far so I don't know if it gets heavier as the trail goes.