Tracking a blood trail

[@Andomaca1]

For a young guy you have taught a dude in his 30's lots with your videos. Did lots of possum traping this winter after watching your videos, now hunting for deer on doc land. Have a merry xmas and enjoy all that venison!

[@KeepingItWild]

That’s awesome mate. Thanks for watching, merry Xmas to you too bro

[@jeremyhill932]

As a newbie to hunting you've given us some really good stuff to work on thanks

[@serverlan763]

I hunted for many years in NZ with a .243 and the old deer hardly ever went down on the spot when hit by it. They didn't go far though... Since I went to a .308 a lot more dropped on the spot..

[@benwalker7535]

Mate that was an excellent no nonsense tracking tutorial, I'm glad you mentioned & showed trailing tracks as well as blood as it's a bit 101 but it doesn't get shown much or at all - OK chur bro

[@KeepingItWild]

Thanks bro, glad u liked it

[@SouthernAlpsHunter]

Top stuff mate, bloody good idea to show that. I like to use a bit of loo paper to mark my blood trail if I lose it, makes it easier to find your last spot in the bush so you can pick the trail up again.

[@brastdoor1231]

I like the way you show the things with your camera. Thanks from Germany.

[@timmonapier8832]

Sometimes if you lose a trail sitting and waiting ten mins allows the blowies time to find small spots of blood you normally would miss and they make quite a bit of noise when you get close and disturb them. Thanx for sharing

[@KeepingItWild]

Good tip mate

[@chaseandgather]

good tip!

[@antonhuman8446]

Your previous experience has your shills polished to perfection. Well kept Sterling silver...............

[@tonysilverfox2828]

Good advice, always track it further than you think you should, they can cover a lot of ground running in the short time it takes them to bleed out.

[@firstgan114]

Thanks for making this vid, I've read a lot of books where they've mentioned tracking but to see it in action was fascinating viewing. Cheers mate. Hope you guys have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

[@stanokeefe2713]

Really good stuff. I enjoy the heck of your vids. Been deer hunting a lot of my 69 years, and you got no frills way of showing it. Keep it up, and congratulations on the new addition to your family.

[@timtrial3971]

Your video helps me. Thanks for making it

[@KeepingItWild]

Thanks for watching mate!

[@chrispalffy3511]

Good on you Sha. You've showen us the basic idea of following a blood trail. Have tracked a few wounded deer shot by myself and others. A deer can travel a km in a few minutes. But to track that can take hours and days. Once tracked a deer a mate had shot with his 243 for 4 days an never found him. It helps to be focused, patient and never give up. Again thanks for the share, good work.

[@pesospanu1]

Good vid! In fact deers have some odd physiology, that their muscle tissue will cramp up from shock or stress or something and it seals the wounds. I have had 2 occasions that I have shot a deer with .300wby mag at distance under 100m and there has been just a few drops of blood. critter has gone 100m+ or so, and when cleaning the intestents looked like gone in a food processor. I have heard similar stories a few other hunters also.

[@BallBagNZ]

Bro you are doing awesome vid's. . Keep up the hard work..

[@trueaussieray9093]

Thanks for making these videos very educational

[@anythingenduro]

Loving all your videos mate. Top job.

[@VIPOND1986]

Awesome bro great video very helpful cheers

[@Lovinlifesince1993]

Marvelous mate keep up the good work!! 😊

[@raymondtapatu7506]

Always a pleasure to watch nice 👍

[@phangz8394]

Holy fuck!! Did that second deer run a piece off its lung out?? WOW!! I didn't know that was even possible.

[@bopexplorer3663]

Choice vid bro. You seem like a pretty down to earth chilled dude, your no nonsense films do the job well. I used to train in either vibrams or just barefoot. Do you swap em out for boots in the winter though, don't think my toes coukd handle the cold!!

[@KeepingItWild]

Hey bro glad you like the vids. I’m a bit allergic to thick soles these days, so I wear either dive boots in winter in snow, ice etc or thin soles shoes with dive socks.

[@chaseandgather]

well done mate and thanks for sharing your experience! Michael

[@whetutepaki9476]

Tumeke bro, primo vid. Merry xmas

[@joshuawallace2704]

That is awesome to see man. That may come in handy. Thax.

[@marcelali5469]

U the best bro love you video

[@phangz8394]

Hey mate. Nice Video and really good, clear ways to tracking. I could make out the scruff marks as you were pointing them out. What are the tall purple flowers you're walking pass - they're really pretty. Be good if you could show a closer look next time. Know the name of them by any chance?

[@GoneDeep6K]

They are called Foxglove.

[@KeepingItWild]

Phangz 83 glad ya liked the video mate. Yep they are fox glove they have purple or white flowers. Cheers

[@tribalprimate]

Another good informative Vid man, well worth making! Thanks

[@philmo5962]

Really good video man.

[@selwynellison8504]

All ways injoy your vids

[@HerrGesetz]

Good stuff man. Always interesting. What are those shoes you wear? Where can you buy em? They look good and quite. Cheers

[@KeepingItWild]

Vibram five fingers, they don’t have any stockists in nz anymore so have to buy online

[@HerrGesetz]

Cheers,, found some on trademe

[@maibauro3151]

luv the tips bro nice vids

[@johnron331]

Go the mighty 243,lots of punch for a wee bullet.

[@benjameswatchman6279]

Good stuff mate.you working up in the park??

[@steffenschmidt5339]

Very good film, what rifel do you use

[@aksalaman4689]

What in the world are you wearing on your feet? Nice lung shot on the second deer. Keep the videos coming.

[@KeepingItWild]

Vibram five fingers, thanks for the feedback, cheers

[@ziggy1433]

Fuuccckk thats the life bro keep doing it!

[@tombowman4424]

How do you find those vibram shoes in the bush? Carrying 50 possum traps ect looking at getting some.

[@fredhammer8327]

Yip,that was good,thank you,fred hammer

[@Iron-Lion16]

Mean az brother 👍

[@LifeofaBushman]

Nice bro🤗🤗

[@mathewcoats2303]

Hey bro me again lol I you you wearing those funny shoes things what are they called and where did you get them from ?? Um it would be cool if you did a 5-10 minute review of your gear what your wearing Chur bro

[@chuckvenable6183]

Sweet!!

[@stephendickson9000]

Good on you.

[@aztec999999]

Awesome

[@marcelali5469]

The man

[@excusesexcuses1772]

Are you walking around bear foot?

[@KeepingItWild]

Vibram fivefinger shoes

[@mattharris2018]

We don’t have any Bears in New Zealand. Side from the teddy kind

[@mathewcoats2303]

Mean videos mate do you have a Facebook page ?? Do you do audiobooks ?? If not you should get into it mate I'll make 2 comments as 1 will be to long lol Chur bro

[@kaywilliamson9237]

Mathew Coats facebook.com/keepingitwild.nz/

[@dmuller7301]

longwoods? Im Shure i know that clearing,lol

[@edkjellander5924]

How your packing out 2 would be more interesting , blood trails are not so much/Ed

[@tortron]

He's boning them out so just taking the meat

[@marcelali5469]

4 life