Tracking a deer after the shot is where hunts are either finished cleanly or fall apart fast. Even experienced hunters slip into habits that cost them time, sign, and sometimes the animal altogether.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ALBANY ‒ You can, “Aim small, miss small.” You can routinely shoot one-hole groups on the range. You can wait for the perfect shot ...

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; ...

As anyone who has watched many deer hunting videos will agree, a common cliche after a shot drops an animal in its tracks is, "That's the kind of tracking job I like." Even if we don't say it during ...

For most of us, whitetail deer hunting is a sit-and-wait game. Whether that sitting is done in a tree stand or a ground blind, the strategy is the same: Pattern the deer, place your stand, set your ...

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 ...

A hunter in r/Hunting said he was already irritated before he even finished hearing the full story. In his... The post Hunter ...

Deer hunters in Louisiana will see a few looser restrictions on tracking mortally wounded deer when the season opens this fall thanks to a new act signed into law by Gov. Jeff Landry. Act No. 272, ...