Salty,I dont mean to come off as the ***** here but why would you leave it for so long before you started tracking it. not quite sure why an hour. even a wounded animal can move pretty quick and cover quite a bit of ground. my hunting partner shot a spike once and hit him a little to far back. luckly he stayed with him he caught him laying down, In fact he had layed down three times before he could catch up to him. the herd was only a few hundred yards away when he made the final shot to put his animal down. like I said first dont take me wrong here all the best laid plans and practice can lead to these kind of endings and all you can do is lear from it.