While I believe the current law on the books in CT would prohibit the use of Tracking Dogs to recover deer, this is legal in NY (or parts of NY anyway) and very interesting.

http://deersearch.org/using-dogs-to-track-wounded-deer/

My question would be - what would it take to make this happen here, and where would be a place to start?

"Searching the scientific literature I came across a South Carolina study conducted by Richard Morton to determine the efficiency of archery equipment in conjunction with tracking dogs. In his study, 22 experienced archers shot 61 deer (29 bucks, 29 does, 3 fawns). Twenty of the deer (32.8 percent) fell within sight of the hunters. If bow hunters didn’t see their deer fall, the services of a trained tracking dog were utilized one hour after the shot. In total, 60 out of the 61 deer (98 percent) were found within 24 hours of being shot. The one deer that wasn’t recovered was reportedly hit in a non-vital area."