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.