Great post Atlas!

I too enjoy tracking and I also feel it's anunderrated skill. Ifeel I have become pretty good at it and my secret is,(I know it's going to sound corny/weird) I try to think like the animal and I look to where I would go if wounded. This along with (more importantly)finding and understanding sign has made me never loose ananimal (even ones I haven't shot) in over 15 years.