Tracking deer in the snow

I would say follow the red carpet on the fresh powder ?

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Tracking in the snow can be good or bad depending on the hit. Most would think that it would be a no brainer since red would show up so bright on top of white snow but here is something to think about....while the theory of red against white is true, its not always like that. If you put a nice shot on a deer then chances are that u will most likely see them go down in sight and with it being a nice shot then the blood will be plentiful. But lets say your shot didn't go as planned and you did not see the deer go down so now u gotta track it. Lets say the blood is faint. Here is the problem...with faint drops of blood what I have seen is the drops tend to hit the snow and melt down deepee than the snows surface without leaving any evidence behind. This can make tracking very difficult in snow. My advice is to make a kill shot and don't take your eye off the animal until it piles up or u can't see it anymore. If u do have faint blood then follow tracks as well. I'm sure someone on here can elaborate more on this...good luck

I personally would much rather track in the snow than any other tracking condition. Paying attention to shot placement, location of the deer when shot, the shot reaction, it's exit path, & the last spot last seen makes it much easier for me. I always look for the small things after the shot. Presence of bone chips, the color of the hair at the shot site & along the trail, sharp fresh tracks, dragging or favoring a foot, melted blood droplets, blood spray, pieces of flesh/internal organs, intestine & stomach spillage, on the ground, logs, saplings, briars etc, melted droppings, melted urine, freshly broken twigs &/or the disturbed snow on said twigs, watching for the vaporizing breaths of a live deer hiding in the thick stuff, & spots where the deer laid down. The biggie for me is being able to more easily spot the contrast of the solid gray upper-body moving &/or laying in the white snow.