It may have been mentioned but, after pulling the trigger, mentally mark where the animal was standing when you did pull the trigger. For us, much of our hunting is in sagebrush which all looks the same. Pick out a rock, tree, bush..just something to mark where he was when hit. That gives you that point to start circling outward from once you give him time to bleed. Even using this method, I have had to retrace myself after having walked past a bull elk in the brush that I was looking for.
Even an elk can get pretty smallish when laying in 4ft brush.
elkman06
Even an elk can get pretty smallish when laying in 4ft brush.
elkman06