Frozen deer blood and legs from the previous hunting season—and a few cold beers to celebrate a job well done. Hollis Bennett. If you ask me, the controversy surrounding tracking dogs is baffling.

With its long, wrinkled face, drooping ears, and imposing stature, the bloodhound seems like a living legend—and in many ways, it is. Its exceptional sense of smell is renowned worldwide, making it an ...

Photos have been posted on the Blood Trailing Network Facebook page of blood tracking dogs in hot pursuit of fleeing deer. If that happens in a zone that is not open to running deer with dogs, ...

Casey Sheckels, left, and his son, Colton, 6, manage to get Mae, the walker, to sit during the Blood Tracking Dogs of Southern Maryland’s Sept. 14 deer and wildlife event at Tractor Supply ...

Act 272 allows a licensed hunter or tracker to pursue a deer that was legally shot and mortally wounded, to utilize lights and a blood-trailing or tracking dog, and then dispatch the deer with a ...

Sometimes they fight the tracking dogs. Dogs tangling with a live deer is a chaotic situation. Dog handlers do not want the hunter involved with this part of the recovery for safety reasons.