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Bowhunt whitetails long enough and you’ll find yourself in a situation where you have to try and follow a blood trail after dark. After all, many good bucks do not make an appearance until it is almost too dark to see your sight pins. When you shoot them and they run off, you have to go find them. And while bloodtrailing is more art than science and each situation is unique unto itself, here are some rules that will help you quickly recover your deer.

The Executive Precision Lighting Instrument (EPLI) offers three settings and delivers a maximum output of 220 lumens.

Here's the gear you'll want to check out for spring turkey hunting season and any big-game hunts you plan to attend in the near future.

Providing 500 lumens of bright white light, the P2X Fury from SureFire will help you follow a sparse blood trail in the pitch dark.

The question: If you were limited to three pieces of "gear," just what would you deem most important?

Karen Mehall Phillips had the chance to train for a grueling backcountry hunt at Magpul's inaugural Backcountry Hunter's Course. One of the first things she learned was precisely what any backpacking hunter will want to have on hand at all times.