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Message: <blockquote data-quote="retrieverman" data-source="post: 4099618" data-attributes="member: 24452">If no other deer are hanging around after a shot, I usually give them about 15 minutes before getting down to find my bolt and blood, but the vast majority of the deer I’ve killed have dropped within sight or close enough I heard the crash.My youngest son‘s buck from 2020 didn’t go 75 yards, but he couldn’t find him in the dark.  When he found him the next morning, he and I discussed whether he should try to salvage the meat.  It would’ve probably been ok, but I recommended against keeping it.  It already had a purplish green color.To further answer the question, after 24 hours, there’s going to be a good chance coyotes have chewed on the carcass.</blockquote>