That s why Bensing and about 100 fellow members of the nonprofit Deer Recovery of Pennsylvania that Bensing founded are well on their way to making it legal to track down wounded or lost deer and ...

Vermont has a group of certified, volunteer dog handlers who help hunters find wounded game. The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board recently loosened limits to include more animals and let trackers ...

Tracking isn’t magic. It’s details—quiet feet, good light, and the ability to read sign without turning every step into noise and confusion. The wrong gear doesn’t just slow you down. It makes you ...

Hunters will exhaust every effort to recover the deer or bear they hit, searching for hours, calling in friends to help with the search and sometimes even enlisting the aid of a tracking dog service.

Outdoors editor Julie Harris waits patiently with her rifle poised on a shooting stick for a deer to show up on a path often used by them. Credit: Julie Harris / BDN Editor’s note: This story was ...

Firearms in vehicles on Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) must be in a fastened case designed for firearms. Tracking dogs are now permitted for retrieving wounded or dead deer on WMAs, with specific ...