RE: Underrated Skill
I leanred how to track from my dad, who is very good at it. My brother's first deer was shot in the guts, very little blood, no snow, so not the easiest of tracking jobs. We followed him for over a mile with tiny specks of blood and eventually found him. I learned a lot on the track, and have since become much better myself. The stick method is one that I employ as well. Hard to get at tracking though without someone showing you how to do it well, no matter how much you read about it.