Sometimes a deer will simply drop in its tracks, ending your hunt the moment you squeeze the trigger. Just as often, a deer will run out of sight and start the next chapter of your hunt. Once you ...

Blood color and texture tell a story about the shot placement. Bright, frothy blood with bubbles indicates a lung hit, while ...

Now that the 6.5 Creedmoor has become a widespread cartridge for whitetail deer, many hunters are starting to wonder why they aren't getting better blood trails. For years now we’ve heard from rifle ...

Archery hunting more than anything else requires tracking skills to recover game. While bowhunters always strive for accurate, lethal shots resulting in quick, efficient harvests, an animal’s first ...

Maybe you’re thinking about getting a dog to help find wounded deer for yourself and your crew of hunting friends and family. You might even want to learn how to train a blood tracking dog yourself.

Recovering a gut-shot deer requires extreme patience. Hunters are advised to wait at least 12 hours, and possibly longer, before attempting to track. Spooking the deer from its initial bed can make ...

For a good part of the season, deer hunting can be as much an obsession as it is enjoyment. Why else would anyone spend so many hours sitting in a tree? But when the rut is over in the North Country; ...