Hopefully, this thread will not result in conflict. However, the discussion ongoing in an unrelated thread interests me. I personally have tried to track wounded game (without a blood trail) without success. I have personal knowledge of four animals hit within the past 3 or 4 years that were not recovered (or were found the next day by looking for the buzzards).

Some here have the skills to track these animals. I would like to read a detailed discussion of how these skills are employed. I am willing to learn from you.

I might add that I do not hunt "small tracts" of moist ground. Rather my hunting is on large tracts of dry rocky ground. About the only place that I hunt regularly is more than 40,000 acres and is populated with large numbers of deer sized animals. Thus many tracks show in the areas where tracks can be seen.

Again, I hope to learn from you.