Blood trail on public land hunt this past fall. The buck was recovered within 200 yards. Click on the Photo to read the full story of the public land hunt.
Anyone that has been deer hunting for a while probably has a story or two about tracking a deer after the shot. Even with good shot placement a deer can cover some distance before going down so a hunter needs to have some skills in tracking in order to recover the animal. Coming up next month, March 13, a seminar is being held on “After the Shot” in Mebane NC.
Seminar & Outdoor Demos: Successfully Recovering Shot Deer (without dogs)
Topics include:
1) Response of Deer upon and after the Shot
2) Diagnosis of the Shot
3) Searching for the Shot Deer
4) Outdoor Demos of Shots
5) Tracking with and without Dogs
6) Q&A
The all day seminar is being put on by F3 a hunting organization working to preserve the use of the Dachshund. Saturday the focus is on what the hunter can do and Sunday will be more on the use of tracking dogs.
While in many parts of the state it is still illegal to use a tracking dog to recover a big game animal there is a push to make this legal across the state. Whether you use or a dog or not Saturday’s agenda sounds like a good one for anyone that hunts big game. I may have to check this seminar out myself.
