Long Dogs Tracking and Recovery

This is good advice!

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“I marked it with a stick!” Sometimes a hunter informs us trackers that they had marked the point of loss (POL) with a stick. You tell me which POL is easier to find? Photo A or Photo B?

So why is it important to mark the POL with something that can be easily seen?
* Easy to see, sometimes things look very different at night or if you happen to come in from a different direction.
* The area isn’t getting trampled up searching for the stick (which stick is it now) likely spreading the scent around much like a grid search, which isn’t good.
* It can be frustrating to both the hunter and the tracker.
* Time savings.
* Trust me, the tracker is really gonna appreciate it!

TP is an excellent marker, and if hung from a tree it can easily be seen from multiple directions. Not only is TP very visible in the woods, it’s relatively inexpensive, biodegradable, and is definitely a lot better than using leaves on the backside.
Don’t have TP, use something man-made. An arrow stuck in the ground works well, especially if it has a lighted nock that is activated.

While pinning the POL with your phone is an option, it’s not a great idea. Why not pin the POL?
* Inaccuracy, a pin can “float around” (move around on the screen). Therefore, the hunter and tracker end up inadvertently spreading the scent around while searching the POL.
* What happens if the phone battery happens to die? You have nothing at all then.

New magnets for the truck so you’ll know it’s me when we pull up to your site!