Funny you mentioned that Tazman, about always ending up on a deer trail if you walk in the dark without a light. 1 of the things I have learned to try if you are blood trailing a deer and you have lost the blood (after you have tried a long time to find it again!) go back to where you lost the blood and back track the blood trail for about 50 yards then turn off your light and wait for your eyes to adjust then work your way down the trail you know is the right path in the direction the deer was heading, and just kinda let the natural lay of the land and easiest path guide you in the direction the deer was heading. We have picked the blood back up or found the deer several times this way. Without the light I tend to notice the temperature changes you find in pockets of the woods .. and hit deer always seem to move towards the coolest places.

I love being in the woods in the dark with no light. It' s 1 of the few times I get the chance to use my other senses over sight ... in a weird way it' s kind of exciting, if that makes sense.