flock of goose tracks & need zone disappears after shooting goose from group

[IAmNothing]

i shot a gold canada goose on hirsh at a need zone among many other geese. the shot was a little low hitting the sternum from 74yds away with 22lr pistol. as i was approaching where i hit it, all the many tracks from the flock disappeared at maybe 15yds from them. there was other tracks nearby from some pheasants that were still there. the geese tracks never came back but i had watched the direction the goose i had hit flew to and eventually found it with no tracks at all. luckily the body was still highlighted though helping me find it when i reached the general area. has anyone else had an entire herd of tracks disappear from the game after hitting an animal? again other animal tracks in the area remained when this happened

edit: i went to the spot i shot it to see if i can find any blood verifying whether or not i hit it. since the tracks disappeared before i found blood, i had to check the map for pressure spot and checked the missed count in the codex to verify it instead

[IAmNothing]

i think i know what is causing this now. its happened a few more times to me now, but is most noticeable when the goose doesnt die instantly since the blood trail is useful for tracking to where it drops and dies

the most recent time this happened (like 5-10mins ago) i shot a goose from 117yds with 22lr pistol again. it hit low again and missed organs so it had a chance to fly some distance from where it was shot. this time since ive noticed tracks disappearing for geese i ran to it and found the blood spot where i hit it. from there i ran in the direction i thought it flew to. i never found another blood track from it again besides the initial one so decided to go back and start again to try a slightly altered direction. when i went back to where i hit it all tracks and feed zone vanished. i know it was the spot since i spotted it before shooting it so location was marked as well as was marked with custom waypoint. so i turned particle glow setting back on and just did big C's around the area in the direction i seen it fly going further and further out til i finally found the glowing corpse

what i think is happening is after the flock of geese fly away a certain distance and despawn i think their tracks and need zone despawns with them after youve shot and killed one from the flock which leaves nothing for tracking the downed goose besides the corpse itself