re: Deer that are shot and never recovered

Me and some buddies trailed one for 4 hours one night. The search took place roughly 2 hours after he was shot, bc we didnt have a decent flashlight and we wanted to give him a chance to die. He was in a wooded area maybe 100 yards wide x 4 miles long. Open fields/ farm land surrounded the wooded area. It was a easy trail to follow but seemed never ending. We eventually found him less than a mile from where we shot him. I guess we were basically chasing him in this small area until he tapped out. We eventually followed the blood trail over a log and he popped up on the other side as we walked up. Turns out he got shot in the chin... it was just hanging by a thread.