Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ALBANY ‒ You can, “Aim small, miss small.” You can routinely shoot one-hole groups on the range. You can wait for the perfect shot ...

Tracking a deer after the shot is where hunts are either finished cleanly or fall apart fast. Even experienced hunters slip into habits that cost them time, sign, and sometimes the animal altogether.

When your arrow hits home in the last minutes of legal light, the decision you make next can matter more than the shot itself. Pushing into the dark can turn a recoverable deer into a long, ugly track ...

Archery hunting more than anything else requires tracking skills to recover game. While bowhunters always strive for accurate, lethal shots resulting in quick, efficient harvests, an animal’s first ...

For a good part of the season, deer hunting can be as much an obsession as it is enjoyment. Why else would anyone spend so many hours sitting in a tree? But when the rut is over in the North Country; ...

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.

Pennsylvania hunters are turning to trained tracking dogs to help recover wounded deer and bear in the field. Here's how to find a dog tracker.