Keith, I don't care who writes the book--some deer can't read!
Note I was generalizing, and looking mostly at leg wounds. I'd guess your notions about the bedding down might (?) be more applicable to body shots. Might.
One hunt, I heard a shot and wandered over to see who done what. A guy had wounded a mule deer in the lower right ham. He didn't know what to do next, and didn't seem to care. So, I bailed off after the buck, following the blood trail. That sucker just flat went up a mountain much faster than I could, and I wasn't hurt--and was a good bit younger, then! I will say, in defense of my "theory", that his initial 200 yards or so were down a dry wash...Sadly, I guess he wound up as lion food.
FWIW, Art