Tracking a deer after the shot is where hunts are either finished cleanly or fall apart fast. Even experienced... The post ...

Recovering a gut-shot deer requires extreme patience. Hunters are advised to wait at least 12 hours, and possibly longer, ...

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 ...

ALBANY ‒ You can, “Aim small, miss small.” You can routinely shoot one-hole groups on the range. You can wait for the perfect shot. But if you hunt long enough sooner or later you will make what you ...

"Stand hunting" or "taking a post" can become a very chilly proposition, if not downright cold especially when the ...

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.

The ultimate accomplishment for a North Woods deer hunter is snow tracking a mature buck and shooting him at close range.

Most seasoned hunters are confident in their ability to find a deer should it be wounded by a shot and need to be tracked. We know to wait awhile before beginning the tracking, giving the deer the ...

According to a study conducted by the National Deer Association understanding how deer behave in different weather conditions and what factors influence their behavior goes a long way to hunters ...

in Danforth, Maine, texted me a photo (below, left) of deep-set buck tracks cutting through a snow-covered cedar swamp. “Guiding a guy from PA,” the text read. “He’s getting a lesson in tracking.” ...