One of the things you will hear from the game narrator is that there is no sense in following a trail that shows old or very old dropping sign.

It might seem like it would take more time but believe me, when it comes to some of these higher level animals and the tricks they can employ you will avoid spending 30 minutes of confusion trying to find that exiting trail. The best thing to do is to drop a map marker at the last sign of blood and then head away from that center out to about 150 yards, and begin to make the circle until you pick up the trail where it leaves the area. In such cases trying to sort out all of those tracks is a waste of time while the animal gets further away and maybe heals. But mostly by not being fooled by animals that use tactics like running in crazed circles crossing all over their old tracks before they make that beeline out of the area. Successful tracking will be achieved by using a combination of options, perks and skills, and utter experience. And if you can confirm the age of that track by tagging a dropping, which shows very fresh or just now, when the ones you are following are showing fresh or old, then you know what you have to do, and have saved yourself having to do that whole trip just to end up back at that spot again.īe aware though that old and new trails often crisscross each other, and when you combine that with the flesh wound dynamic of a wounded animal beginning to show tracks that are actually increasing in health, it cab get tricky trying to stay on its trail. Often animals will work their way back around you and you can sometimes pick up on this by checking tracks going in opposite direction. It is just as important as when you are trying to find the animal before you shoot it. Make sure you tag every third track or so so if you do lose the direction and the trail you can quickly get back to it, and having the marker in sight is always helpful when having to do circles around it after losing the direction.Īlso do not ignore the poop sign as you track. Sometimes the direction of that last track you checked was changed with the very next track, and if you didnt check that next track and just kept going in that general direction, you will be going the wrong way. When following from track to track dont just assume that the directional code is pointing you toward the direction the animal will continue in. Another thing to keep in mind when tracking, is dont just follow the blood signs alone and remember that animals dont just run in a straight line.

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