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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oklahomabassin" data-source="post: 4162458" data-attributes="member: 1546">Who did you use if I may ask? You can PM if you prefer.I would recommend waiting 8 hours before starting to track a liver hit buck. Otherwise you risk pushing it because a liver hit takes time to kill the buck. Gut hit will even take longer to kill. Trophy buck that I know was gut shot won't get tracked for 24 hours. Pushing it increases the chance of losing it for multiple reasons. The longer it leaves a "wounded deer scent trail" the more likely coyotes will cross it and then chase it. It can be pushed onto a neighboring property that may not allow access. The further they go the increased difficulty in recovering it.Often times a liver or gut shot will bed up within 200 yards and die in first bed if given enough time. If they are bumped after bedding they may have clotted up and no longer leave a blood trail. No blood usually makes tracking by sight difficult. However, a dog trained on interdigital scent will be able to track it.I wish you the best luck tomorrow!</blockquote>