Rain changes NOTHING. NOTHING.
That statement has me curious. And your example of a doe lying under a single tree out in an open field compounds my curiosity.
Try that same doe 80 yards away in five foot visibility brush with several inches of moss and duff covering any dirt that might show a track, all in a steady pouring rain.
Rain can and does wash out a blood trail. Seen it happen many times here in the rainy PNW. That changes the visibility of the blood trail and makes it more difficult.
Rain does not change how quickly the animal dies, but it changes the difficulty of finding that animal. That and snow covering a blood trail are two conditions when I've decided that time is not on my side and followed an animal right away.
We work with what nature gives us and you are obviously very good at recovering critters in your part of the world.
