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.

However, a second dog may be utilized for the purpose of deer retrieval training. Tracking dogs shall be on a handheld leash or utilize a GPS tracking collar.

Only one tracking dog is allowed per hunting party, though a second dog can be used for deer retrieval training. Previously, only leashed dogs could be used for tracking.

The dogs bound ahead, darting left and right, following the meandering trail. Even if you knew nothing of these deer-tracking dogs, you would have no doubt they were on the trail of something.

Tracking dogs can help in their recovery. The Pennsylvania Game Commission since 2018 has permitted the use of leashed tracking dogs to help recover deer, bear and elk.

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The TRAKR app will connect more hunters with blood-tracking dog owners. It will also help answer some questions about wounded deer behavior.

The other is Georgia’s Deer Tracking Dog List for the 2024 season at georgiaafield.com. Both Vick and Patterson have their contact information listed there.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission could soon be using specially trained dogs to help sniff out deer infected with chronic wasting disease as part of a new effort to learn more about the fatal ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill into law that changes restrictions for dogs tracking wounded game. Act 272, sponsored by Rep. Jason Dewitt (R-Boyce), would allow a ...

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed a new bill recognizing the significance of using a hunter-dog to recover ‘mortally wounded’ deer.

Previously, only leashed dogs could be used for tracking. Hunters will now also be allowed to shoot a mortally wounded deer discovered after hunting hours using a handgun.