Trailing deer. Things you should have with you.
08-21-2007, 08:58 AM
#11
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: West Chester, Pa.
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RE: Trailing deer. Things you should have with you.
ORIGINAL: powerpoint9
Great post, I've hunted for years but this is my first year hunting behind a peep site. The tracking will be different than with a gun kill and you've help me prepare a little better! Thanks.
Great post, I've hunted for years but this is my first year hunting behind a peep site. The tracking will be different than with a gun kill and you've help me prepare a little better! Thanks.
Shane
08-21-2007, 09:31 AM
#12
Fork Horn
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Minneapolis, MN
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RE: Trailing deer. Things you should have with you.
Bringa hunting buddythat has the same tracking style as you.Some guys goWAY TOO FAST for me, I take my time and find thebits of blood or hair that are hard to find on a tough track.I have tracked w/people whoskip ahead 100 yards to try to find the deerfaster, and only ended up spooking the deer out of its bed and losing the trail after that. 
I also bring some water to drink, clean the deer if necessary & wash up.
Toilet paper to mark the trail with. cheaper than the orange tape and is still easy to see if it isn't raining out.It decomposes pretty quick too.Plus if nature calls, you'll be gladyou had some!!
Head light at night is a great tool to have!
I also bring some water to drink, clean the deer if necessary & wash up.
Toilet paper to mark the trail with. cheaper than the orange tape and is still easy to see if it isn't raining out.It decomposes pretty quick too.Plus if nature calls, you'll be gladyou had some!!
Head light at night is a great tool to have!
08-21-2007, 09:45 AM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: North East Texas
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RE: Trailing deer. Things you should have with you.
ORIGINAL: txjourneyman
This year I've been working with one of my dogs. She is getting pretty good at trailing scraps of deer hide. I'll drag a scrap through pastures and woods and then put her on the scent a couple of hours later. She finds the scrap of hide probably 95% of the time. Check your state regs to be sure its legal to use a dog. I haven't used her in the past, this year will be a first, and only if I can't get the job done myself.
This year I've been working with one of my dogs. She is getting pretty good at trailing scraps of deer hide. I'll drag a scrap through pastures and woods and then put her on the scent a couple of hours later. She finds the scrap of hide probably 95% of the time. Check your state regs to be sure its legal to use a dog. I haven't used her in the past, this year will be a first, and only if I can't get the job done myself.
08-21-2007, 11:14 AM
#16
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Trailing deer. Things you should have with you.
while i do agree with everything that is listed on here. if one person took all this stuff hunting with them an previous threads about what people take with them when they go huntin, blows my mind to think about carrying all this stuff with me for an evenings bow hunt
08-21-2007, 11:24 AM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Minnesota
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RE: Trailing deer. Things you should have with you.
This is what I posted yesterday for my "after the shot" bag.
In the bag I am placing:
-Flashlights (a Surefire G2, a Mag light, and a head lamp)
-Gerber EZ saw
-2 knifes
-A deer drag
-laytex gloves
-A cloth towel
-A garbage bag
-Marker flags and surveying tape
-On hot days I will use the HS game keeper spray
-water
I am thinking about trying the HS Butt- out. Is there anything I am missing for my pack?
In the bag I am placing:
-Flashlights (a Surefire G2, a Mag light, and a head lamp)
-Gerber EZ saw
-2 knifes
-A deer drag
-laytex gloves
-A cloth towel
-A garbage bag
-Marker flags and surveying tape
-On hot days I will use the HS game keeper spray
-water
I am thinking about trying the HS Butt- out. Is there anything I am missing for my pack?
08-21-2007, 11:50 AM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Where the ducks don't come no more
Posts: 4,420
RE: Trailing deer. Things you should have with you.
I keep a Coleman lantern in the hunting vehical. Nothing better than it except the sun for following a blood trail.
The #1 thing I would say you must have though is PATIENCE!
The way I see most tracking jobs botched is by not waiting long enough to start... not analyzing what has/is happening.... and rushing down the trail just looking for large pools of blood.... sometimes its just a drop... you have to take your TIME!
The other key thing if you are tracking with two or more people is good communication... you cannot have one person rushing ahead... and another behind acctually tracking. You will step all over each other's feet... and it will be very frustraiting. This goes double when tracking game that is likely not very well hit, and triple when using a firearm. If you don't have everyone where they are supposed to be... its an accident waiting to happen.
The #1 thing I would say you must have though is PATIENCE!
The way I see most tracking jobs botched is by not waiting long enough to start... not analyzing what has/is happening.... and rushing down the trail just looking for large pools of blood.... sometimes its just a drop... you have to take your TIME!
The other key thing if you are tracking with two or more people is good communication... you cannot have one person rushing ahead... and another behind acctually tracking. You will step all over each other's feet... and it will be very frustraiting. This goes double when tracking game that is likely not very well hit, and triple when using a firearm. If you don't have everyone where they are supposed to be... its an accident waiting to happen.
08-21-2007, 12:06 PM
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: illinois
Posts: 2,019
RE: Trailing deer. Things you should have with you.
this is a pet peeve of mine , if you use something to mark your trail with be kind enough to remove it when your done , bugs me when i see it just left in the woods
08-21-2007, 12:17 PM
#20
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Mont County, Pa
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RE: Trailing deer. Things you should have with you.
ORIGINAL: bob d
this is a pet peeve of mine , if you use something to mark your trail with be kind enough to remove it when your done , bugs me when i see it just left in the woods
this is a pet peeve of mine , if you use something to mark your trail with be kind enough to remove it when your done , bugs me when i see it just left in the woods
