Patent ID: 7426888
Filing Date: 2008-09-23
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
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.