A firearm ammunition device includes a cartridge with a projectile that is loaded with a tracer agent. When the projectile is fired and strikes a game animal, the impact causes the release and dispersal of the tracer agent from the projectile. The dispersed tracer agent identifies an enhanced-visibi
A firearm ammunition device includes a cartridge with a projectile that is loaded with a tracer agent. When the projectile is fired and strikes a game animal, the impact causes the release and dispersal of the tracer agent from the projectile. The dispersed tracer agent identifies an enhanced-visibility trail of the fleeing animal. In example embodiments, the cartridge is provided by a centerfire cartridge, a shotgun cartridge, and a muzzleloading cartridge. The tracer agent preferably comprises one or more compounds that produce visible light to the naked eye and/or under a black light source. Example tracer agents include biological stains that produce visible light upon contact with blood, luminol or another chemiluminescent compound that releases light by a chemical reaction such as may occur when contacting blood, a basic salt such as sodium carbonate or another effervescence-inducing agent, a phosphorescent compound, or a fluorescent compound.
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What is claimed is: 1. A firearm ammunition device for wounding and aiding in tracking an animal, the device comprising: a firearm-propelled projectile defining a cavity, wherein the projectile is lethal and compels the animal to flee when the animal is shot by the projectile but does not die immed
What is claimed is: 1. A firearm ammunition device for wounding and aiding in tracking an animal, the device comprising: a firearm-propelled projectile defining a cavity, wherein the projectile is lethal and compels the animal to flee when the animal is shot by the projectile but does not die immediately, and wherein the projectile is altered to a dispensing position when the projectile strikes and mortally wounds the animal; and a tracer agent loaded into the cavity and released when the projectile is altered to the dispensing position, wherein the tracer agent is adapted so that upon release it disperses onto the animal and onto its surroundings over an extended time and over an extended distance to identify an enhanced-visibility impact site and an enhanced-visibility trail over the extended distance leading away from the impact site to aid in tracking the mortally wounded but fleeing animal. 2. The device of claim 1, wherein the tracer agent comprises a biological stain. 3. The device of claim 2, wherein the biological stain comprises Bismarck brown, carmine, coomassie blue, crystal violet, DAPI, eosin, ethidium bromide, fuchsin, haematoxylin, Hoeschst stain, iodine, malchite green, methyl green, methylene blue, neutral red, Nile blue, rhodamine, safranin, or a mixture thereof. 4. The device of claim 1, wherein the tracer agent comprises a chemiluminescent compound. 5. The device of claim 4, wherein the chemiluminescent compound comprises bis-(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl) oxlate (TCPO), bis-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)oxalate (DNPO), fluorescein, luminol, or a mixture thereof. 6. The device of claim 1, wherein the tracer agent comprises a phosphorescent compound. 7. The device of claim 1, wherein the tracer agent comprises an effervescence-inducing agent that effervesces upon interaction with the mortally wounded animal's blood to produce an enhanced-visibility effect for identifying the enhanced-visibility trail over the extended distance. 8. The device of claim 1, wherein the tracer agent comprises a fluorescent pigment or dye. 9. The device of claim 8, wherein the fluorescent pigment or dye comprises an organic compound or a metal complex. 10. The device of claim 9, wherein the fluorescent pigment or dye is incorporated into a resin. 11. The device of claim 10, wherein the resin comprises a melamine formaldehyde sulphonamide resin. 12. The device of claim 1, wherein the tracer agent is provided in a dry form. 13. The device of claim 1, wherein the tracer agent interacts with the mortally wounded animal's blood to produce an enhanced-visibility effect for identifying the enhanced-visibility trail over the extended distance. 14. The device of claim 1, wherein the tracer agent comprises one or more compounds that produce visible light to the naked eye or upon exposure to a light source upon contact with the animal. 15. The device of claim 1, further comprising a ballistic tip fitted over the cavity, wherein the ballistic tip is displaced from the projectile upon striking the animal. 16. The device of claim 15, wherein the ballistic tip is at least partially hollow, contains the tracer agent, and is adapted to burst upon striking the animal. 17. The device of claim 1, further comprising a casing coupled to the projectile. 18. The device of claim 1, wherein the projectile is a centerfire slug, a shotgun slug, or a black powder muzzleloading slug. 19. A kit for use in hunting to wound and track an animal, comprising a plurality of the ammunition devices of claim 1 packaged together with an enhanced visibility enabling device. 20. The kit of claim 19, wherein the enhanced visibility enabling device comprises a black light source. 21. A hunting method for wounding and tracking an animal, comprising: providing an ammunition device according to claim 1; shooting the animal with the ammunition device, wherein the projectile mortally wounds the animal but does not immediately kill it and instead compels it to flee, is altered to the dispensing position, and releases the tracer agent, and wherein the released tracer agent disperses onto the animal and onto its surroundings over an extended time and over an extended distance and identifies an enhanced-visibility impact site and an enhanced-visibility trail over the extended distance marked by the mortally wounded animal as it flees; and following the enhanced-visibility trail over the extended distance to pursue the mortally wounded animal. 22. The hunting method of claim 21, wherein the tracer agent interacts with the mortally wounded animal's blood to produce enhanced-visibility properties for identifying the enhanced-visibility trail over the extended distance, and the step of following the enhanced-visibility trail includes following the enhanced-visibility trail left by the animal's enhanced-visibility blood. 23. The hunting method of claim 21, wherein the tracer agent produces enhanced-visibility properties regardless of interaction with the animal's blood, and the step of following the enhanced-visibility trail includes following the enhanced-visibility trail of the tracer agent itself. 24. The hunting method of claim 23, wherein the step of following the enhanced-visibility trail further includes following a first portion of the enhanced-visibility trail identified by a first portion of the tracer agent that disperses onto the surroundings after the projectile impacts the animal and until the animal starts bleeding out of the wound, and following a second portion of the enhanced-visibility trail identified by a second portion of the agent that combines with the animal's flowing blood and disperses onto the surroundings as the animal continues to flee. 25. A firearm ammunition device for wounding and aiding in tracking an animal, the device consisting of: a firearm-propelled projectile defining a cavity, wherein the projectile is lethal and compels the animal to flee when the animal is shot by the projectile but does not die immediately, and wherein the projectile is altered to a dispensing position when the projectile strikes and mortally wounds the animal; and a tracer agent loaded into the cavity and released when the projectile is altered to the dispensing position, wherein the tracer agent is adapted so that upon release it disperses onto the animal and onto its surroundings over an extended time and over an extended distance to identify an enhanced-visibility impact site and an enhanced-visibility trail over the extended distance to aid in tracking the mortally wounded but fleeing animal. 26. The device of claim 25, wherein the tracer agent interacts with the mortally wounded animal's blood to produce an enhanced-visibility effect for identifying the enhanced-visibility trail over the extended distance. 27. A hunting method for wounding and tracking an animal, consisting of: providing an ammunition device according to claim 25; shooting the animal with the ammunition device, wherein the projectile mortally wounds the animal but dies not immediately kill it and instead compels it to flee, is altered to the dispensing position, and releases the tracer agent, and wherein the released tracer agent disperses onto the animal and onto its surroundings over an extended time and over an extended distance and identifies an enhanced-visibility impact site and an enhanced-visibility trail over the extended distance marked by the mortally wounded animal as it flees; and following the enhanced-visibility trail over the extended distance to pursue the mortally wounded animal. 28. The hunting method of claim 27, wherein the step of following the enhanced-visibility trail further includes following a first portion of the enhanced-visibility trail identified by a first portion of the tracer agent that disperses onto the surroundings after the projectile impacts the animal and until the animal starts bleeding out of the wound, and following a second portion of the enhanced-visibility trail identified by a second portion of the agent that combines with the animal's flowing blood and disperses onto the surroundings as the animal continues to flee.
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