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, ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill into law that changes restrictions for dogs tracking wounded game. Act 272, sponsored by Rep. Jason Dewitt (R-Boyce), would allow a licensed ...

Archery deer season is in progress, and the Arkansas Blood Trailing Network is busy recovering deer that hunters would have otherwise lost. This group is a loose association of people that own dogs ...

Vermont has a group of certified, volunteer dog handlers who help hunters find wounded game. The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board recently loosened limits to include more animals and let trackers ...

Tracking dogs, legal in Minnesota since 2019, are helping hunters recover more deer that would otherwise be lost and spoiled. Many trackers have established their services all across Minnesota, but ...

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.

Hunters will exhaust every effort to recover the deer or bear they hit, searching for hours, calling in friends to help with the search and sometimes even enlisting the aid of a tracking dog service.