Originally Posted by
mfd1027
Great idea GMMATT
Another point I would like to add. For tracking jobs the old saying "three's a crowd" really applies. You need to formulate a plan for tracking your deer and who you can rely on for help "before" you go hunting. The most successful tracking teams are usually made up of two good friends that work together well and that have a plan of attack and a system they use. I hate it when I'm called to a mob scene to find a deer that the crowd has lost. Do yourself a favor and make a pact with a good friend that you can depend on to help you out and that you can help with your tracking jobs this season. If you feel compelled to call a crowd in to help wait until you've found the deer and you need help dragging it out.
Dan
I agree with you 100%. I have hunted with alot of people. Some of these people have been hunting 40 years. Just because they have hunted that long does not make them good trackers what so ever. I only ask a few people that I trust to help. To many times I have seen just what you wrote. To many people walking all over the place destroying sign! Not to cut on gun hunters but they are usually the ones that are not very good at trailing deer. Though I have several friends that bow hunt that could not find corn in the middle of a corn field!