Losing a wounded deer is one of the worst feelings in hunting. That is exactly why blood-tracking dogs are moving from handshake favor to paid professional service. Even experienced hunters lose deer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hunters who use dogs while stalking deer are increasingly in conflict with rural landowners, who say deer-hunting dogs are ...

The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife licenses trained handlers who use leashed dogs to track wounded or dead deer.

After a two-season wait, Devon Polley used a tracking dog to recover a 200-pound buck he shot during Maine's archery season.

Sometimes tracking a well-hit deer is so straightforward anyone can do it. Other times, only a blood-tracking dog can pull it ...