This is almost as bad as some of the tractor threads. "If you don't do it the way I do, then you MUST be wrong!"

Same guys use a chainsaw, though, instead of felling with an axe and bucking up the firewood with a misery whip.

Any legal method to take and/or recover a game animal should be treated with equal respect. You hunt your way, and let everyone else hunt their way. If you don't want to use a tracking dog, then feel free to abstain, but there is no criticism needed for the ones who chose to do that.

Not everyone grew up in a hunting family with expert tracking abilities, and not everyone has the same skillset. Why demean others without knowing their background?