I shot a huge bodied spike on the secon day of season. It was close to dark so I gave him about an hour. STarted traking him and jumped him up. Backed off and it started to pour down rain[:@] The next morning me, my brother, my neighbor, my mom and dad, my brothers friend, and my girlfriends oldest son went back. We looked from early morning until almost dark. I also spent the next two days looking but never did find him

I have traked more than my share of deer. I learned from the best, my dad! We use to hunt with a club and everytime someone needed one traked they would call me if I wasnt hunting that day to come help them. I still get called from a few friends who hunt with a different call to help them. Now my dad calls me to help trak if he has to... he wont admit that I can see a little better than him now that he is a bit older. he just says he thought I could use the practice to keep up my skills lol..

I dont like to loose a deer be it one I shot or one anyone shot. But sometimes things just happen like you want. I would like to see the states make a tracking test part of the hunters ed tests! I think it woudl help those who do not have anyone to learn it from.JMO