I've helped track one that was gut shot with a bow, we never did find it. That's when I decided that bow hunting wasn't for me. I've never had a deer go farther than 50 yards when I've shot it. I know they can run farther, helped my dad track several for hundreds of yards, but I'm extremely picky about when I shoot and have let many walk that others would have shot. Just didn't have the shot I wanted on them. And I'm fine with that.