When a deer is hard hit, it has various reactions. If hit inthe chest area, the deer will clamp its tail and rear upward,then start out on a run. If hit in the hind quarters, the deerusually gives a vicious kick and then starts to run away. A
badly wounded deer will not run very far if it is not chased.It usually slows up and lies down when it is satisfied that it isnot being followed; here is where it bleeds to death.
The archer should wait for an hour; he should be just asstill as if he were on a watch. During this hour's wait, thewounded animal will either die, become so weak from loss ofblood that it is unable to move or become so stiff, sick andsore that it can only make feeble attempts to travel farther.
