Criminal Scent & KO, Question

[Tommy]

Another question:
If I try to track some criminal's homestead, there's a counter counting down in my tracking window. Once the counter reaches zero, the tracking window goes away.
As this doesn't last very long, my question is, how can I actually get to someone's homestead if it's farther away? Is the timer affected by humors? Can I make it last longer?
I am a bit lost here....

[Yes]

There is a way but it may take a very long time. You can do it with only 1 scent.
Pick up scent.
Go by the arrow.
Make homestead where the timer stops.
Go by feet to the crime scene. Repeat

Tracking is not affected by anything.

[Tommy]

OK, thanks.
Woudln't have thought they made it so complicated or maybe just not that straight forward.

[Potjeh]

The more scents you collect, the longer the timer.