Maybe you’re thinking about getting a dog to help find wounded deer for yourself and your crew of hunting friends and family. You might even want to learn how to train a blood tracking dog yourself.

Helping others recover their deer has become a passion for a life-long outdoorsman. Michael Beck, 49, Jerome, Somerset County, has a dog, Dexter, that’s trained to follow the scent of a wounded deer.

Discussing the best hunting dogs for various game is kind of like arguing whether a Chevy or Ford is better: No one ever changes camps because they’re happy with what they’ve got. Still, we’re going ...

Tracking isn’t magic. It’s details—quiet feet, good light, and the ability to read sign without turning every step into...

Texas’ Archery Only and Managed Lands Deer seasons got underway Sept. 28. The general season starts Nov. 2, one week after what is sure to be a busy Youth Only hunting weekend that runs Oct. 25-27. It ...

Scout is a female Jack Russell Terrier. She weighs 12 pounds and is only 11 inches tall at the shoulder, but she’s got a heart the size of Texas and a keen little nose to go with it. To hear Jared ...

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has signed Act 272 into law. Act 272 allows a licensed hunter or tracker to pursue a deer that was legally shot and mortally wounded, to utilize lights and a ...

You shot the buck of a lifetime and picked up a blood trail. But now, for the life of you, you can’t find the animal, and the sun is starting to set. Sound familiar? As is the case for most modern ...

Deer hunters in Louisiana will see a few looser restrictions on tracking mortally wounded deer when the season opens this fall thanks to a new act signed into law by Gov. Jeff Landry. Act No. 272, ...