I don't know about ya'll, but I am NEVER comfortable, or even consider the deer dead, or "mine" until I find it. Never. Tracking is a very uneasy time for me. It makes me quite nervous. I guess one of the things I always do is analyze the splatter, even if it is just a mere drop, to determine direction of travel.

When a drop of blood hits the ground, it's of course moving the same speed as the deer. When it hits the ground, it will splatter in the direction it was moving, "pointing" if you will, to the direction the deer was headed at that drop.

As far as superstitions or what have you.......I don't really have any. My stomach is in knots enough as it is w/out that added pressure.