http://skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/2006/11/27/for-ws-journal-readers-and-anyone-else-who-missed-dan-kibler-this-past-sunday/ Hunting, Outdoor Photography, Wildlife, Fishing Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:24:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/2006/11/27/for-ws-journal-readers-and-anyone-else-who-missed-dan-kibler-this-past-sunday/#comment-349 Moose Droppings » The Art of Blood Trailing Sun, 03 Dec 2006 15:15:06 +0000 http://skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/?p=221#comment-349 [...] Dan Kibler has a good article in today’s Fayettvile Observer on “Tracking Wounded Deer”. A good article on a task that can be difficult at times; the reality is, the deer of your dreams doesn’t always collapse at your shot, not the way they do on those TV shows. More often than you care to admit, a well-shot deer will still leave in a hasty fashion, getting out of sight in a handful of leaps and bounds that doubles your heart rate and leaves your chest heaving. That’s where the real work begins — finding him. It’s a task that can be a light walk in the woods or a real labor, depending not only on how accurate your shot was, but on how you approach the job of focusing on droplets or blood spatters on leaves and broom straw and knee-high brush. [...] [...] Dan Kibler has a good article in today’s Fayettvile Observer on “Tracking Wounded Deer”. A good article on a task that can be difficult at times; the reality is, the deer of your dreams doesn’t always collapse at your shot, not the way they do on those TV shows. More often than you care to admit, a well-shot deer will still leave in a hasty fashion, getting out of sight in a handful of leaps and bounds that doubles your heart rate and leaves your chest heaving. That’s where the real work begins — finding him. It’s a task that can be a light walk in the woods or a real labor, depending not only on how accurate your shot was, but on how you approach the job of focusing on droplets or blood spatters on leaves and broom straw and knee-high brush. [...]

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