How Tracking Dogs Find Deer for Hunters

12 actual good gifts for Christmas (plus a dozen stocking stuffers), how to butcher a whitetail with a flint blade like a caveman, Tunnel to Towers pays off mortgages, Barnett Wildcat CRX crossbow review.

December 09, 2025

“Looks great. Little full…lotta sap.” —Clark W. Griswold 

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The non-profit will deliver 50 mortgage-free homes to families of veterans and first responders in December.

Learn how deer tracking dogs like Jaeger help hunters recover deer that might otherwise be lost, plus expert tips and post-shot strategies.

Our version of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” is way more fun…

Prize package includes:

(1) One Heckler & Koch SP5 – the closest you’ll get to an MP5
(1) One Beretta 92FS pistol
(1) One case of Hornady Ammo
AND: All the fixings for a throwback action packed Christmas, including a white tank top, a custom Hook & Barrel Zippo lighter, a pair of men’s sneakers (“Nine million terrorists in the world and I gotta kill one with feet smaller than my sister.”), and the original Die Hard movie on 4K disc with digital download.

PLUS: 5 runners up will score a pair of Gamo Daisy Red Ryder BB Guns.

The Barnett Wildcat CRX is an extremely affordable entry-level hunting crossbow that’s powerful enough for deer and large game.

This Kentucky hunter makes his own stone tools and processes game the way humans did for thousands of years.