RE: After the Shot. Tips for the upcoming seasons.
All great tips, thanks to all for the info.
Last year I had to track a deer at night due to bad weather coming in later that night with high winds and heavy rain. We figured every trace would be gone so we decided to find the deer. Fortunately, 2 years ago I had bought a flourescent light that works off 4 d cell batteries. That thing is great on blood. You have to hold it close to the ground and brush but it will make the smallest drop of blood easy to spot. Using the flourescent light we found the deer fairly easily.
One other thing we do when blood trailing and the sign is weak is work in a triangle (there's usually 3 of us when we bow hunt). The lead guy follows the main blood trail. The second guy stays a few yards back and a few yards to the right. The third guy stays on the left side of the main trail and few yards back. This way, when the deer turns or the lead guy loses the trail, the outside guys pick up the new trail off to the right or left. This also keeps the back two trailers from walking on the main blood trail. It's worked for us.