Advice on locating game after the kill

[bearcat2]

In some countries you're legally obliged to be able to get a dog to the site of the shot within a couple of hours...

And in other places you aren't legally allowed to use them at all. Gotta love government, they always have to tell you what is best and what you have to do. . . even if they don't have a clue themselves.

 

[SavageHunter11]

And in other places you aren't legally allowed to use them at all. Gotta love government, they always have to tell you what is best and what you have to do. . . even if they don't have a clue themselves.

I see you're well versed in how the US government works...

 

[littlewhaler]

How did we ever hunt with only a compass? We made sure we had the gun-bullet-skill to kill & find the animal. I've never loast an animal in 50 years of hunting but I didn't take 1000 yard shots at Elk with a 6.5 creedmoor, I learned to hunt & shoot, not spray & pray. IMHO taking a shot that causes a wounded or lost animal is a just plain wrong.[/QUOTE

littlewlhaler, I see no reply? Trying to stir things up or just being a troll?

sorry , didn't post my message. All good.

 

[memtb]

If I am "not" looking at the downed animal, and need to go look....I mark the place from which I fired the shot. Then I can come back to the exact place I shot from, and reevaluate where the animal was at the time of the shot! I am colorblind, and blood with fall leaves is a problem. Part of my solution is to, get entrance and exit holes of substantial dimensions. They usually don't go far, and are "leaking profusely"! memtb

 

[littlewhaler]

First I learned old school with compass and finding things in bad conditions. Terrain and weather and injury can mess u up but two compasses can make u very confident again finding your target. Doubted my heading few times but second compass confirmed first compass and away I go. Great subject that every hunter/hiker faces sooner or later. I try to make things simple/fool proof when alone.

 

[Tree Farmer]

Another vote for old school. A compass and pacing is generally foolproof, especially if you know the exact distance. If you have technology, and know how to use it, that's a plus. But the compass will get you there when technology fails. In my prime, I located section corners in northern Idaho with a hand compass and pacing. 500 yards, +/- is very doable for most experienced hunters.

 

[skipglo]

They are absolutly illegal to have. The SD GFP specifically marks it in their hand book that you are not allowed to be in possession on this type of optic (handheld and firearm mounted alike) while hunting. It is not illegal for me to own in my state but it is illegal to have with me while hunting

The thermal game finders are not an optic...they have no site!

 

[Blue Ridge Rifleman]

Make a better clean shot placement and a better bullet

Dropping a buck in his tracks doesn't solve the problem if he was standing in a sea of waist-high sagebrush. May even make it worse since there is no blood trail. Distant landmarks, range, and azimuth are the only non-tech ways to find a down buck.

 

[Blue Ridge Rifleman]

I don't think I was clear enough in my original post. The animals aren't running and I lose them, they are dropping where they stand and in a featureless geography and 4 foot high grass I'm having issues finding them after the kill.

It's the same problem in sagebrush or pinon/juniper - no landmarks. Azimuth and range are the keys.

 

[hera200]

Another tip. Its dark and the blood trail is sparse. Go find a girl, your wife, daughter, whatever. Their eyes are different and they can see blood about 10X better than you, especially at night. Just another reason not to leave them at home when you go hunting!!

ORANGE DUST, Is that really supposedly true or are you just putting us on about women and blood trails?....BUD (YES sometimes I do believe just about anything!)

 

[Orange Dust]

ORANGE DUST, Is that really supposedly true or are you just putting us on about women and blood trails?....BUD (YES sometimes I do believe just about anything!)

No, It's very true. Has to do with the rods and cones in your eye. Men and women are different. Forget which does which but men have more of one that lets us see better at night, but washes out color. We more or less see in black and white in low light. Women are just the opposite. They see vivid color and see very poorly in the dark. Get a good light and take a girl bloodtrailing, you will be amazed. Almost as good as a dog, after they get a little experience and know what to look for. This is a medical fact, not an old wives tale.

 

[Orange Dust]

My wife can see blood standing up that I have to get on my hands and knees to find. Day or night.

 

[Orange Dust]

Here is another tip some of you may not know. If you are following a sorry blood trail and lose blood, look for Daddy longleggs spiders if you are in a part of the country that they exist. They will go to even the tiniest spot of blood and feed. Can save the day sometimes.

 

[hera200]

No, It's very true. Has to do with the rods and cones in your eye. Men and women are different. Forget which does which but men have more of one that lets us see better at night, but washes out color. We more or less see in black and white in low light. Women are just the opposite. They see vivid color and see very poorly in the dark. Get a good light and take a girl bloodtrailing, you will be amazed. Almost as good as a dog, after they get a little experience and know what to look for. This is a medical fact, not an old wives tale.

WELL DURN IT ORANGE DUST, I really can learn something new every day! .....BUD