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.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A buck runs away. Paying attent (Photo by Paul Winterman / Adobe Stock) Sometimes a deer will simply drop in its tracks, ending ...

How easy is it to get permission from the Pennsylvania Game Commission to track a deer after dark? So easy, a 56-year-old, technologically-challenged bowhunter did it. Earlier this year, I wrote a few ...