What you must know
- Be able to read the site of the shot and the signs left behind
- Know your duties when an animal is wounded
- Know the requirements for an approved tracking dog
From the shot to the site
Note exactly where the animal stood and where it disappeared, and stay still for a few minutes. Then go to the site and read it: hair, blood, bone fragments, stomach content. The colour and amount of blood say a lot about the hit.
Mark the site and do not trample the track. Tell the hunt leader immediately, also when you are unsure whether you hit.
Your duty
Anyone who wounds big game is obliged to do everything reasonable to kill the animal as quickly as possible. Within your own hunting unit the search continues, if necessary into the following day.
If the animal crosses into another unit, you may follow it until the end of the day it entered — and the landowner there must be notified. If the animal is not found, the municipality must be informed.
If a lynx, wolverine, bear or wolf is wounded, the county governor and the police must be notified without delay.
The tracking dog
During big game hunting the team must have access to an approved tracking dog. If the dog is not present on the hunt, a written agreement must secure that the dog and handler can be there within a reasonable time after the shot.
A good tracking team is worthless if it is called too late. Call early rather than late.
Read more in the Hunter's Handbook
Practise this session
Veida does not run courses and does not hold exams. The mandatory course must be taken with an approved provider, and the exam is taken in the «Jegerprøveeksamen» app through your municipality. These pages are revision and practice alongside the course. Our questions are written by us from public regulations — they are not exam questions.