User blog comment:The.Outsider/Hunting - More to it than we thought.../@comment-5422359-20121003014949/@comment-5266147-20121003024622

it is part of the native ethos of not killing needlesly and using all of your kill, the desync reflects this in the gameplay. if i recall RDR placed little x marker on the mini map to help find your kills, im sure there will be somthing of the like in AC3, i think the article mentions being able to follow a blood trail of an animal you have wounded, that is gonna help if you did not get a clean kill.