Read the book "Tracking Dogs for Finding Wounded Deer", it will tell you everything you need to know and more.

For this season you need to keep lots of blood and hides. I would take the puppy with me and let him get fired up about finding the deer as well.

http://www.born-to-track.com/book/order-info.htm

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