This track was a fairly typical call. The Hunter had shot this buck in the morning, right at day break. He did not have time to count the points, as the shot presented itself quickly. He let an bolt fly from his crossbow, and saw the deer's head drop. He was not exactly sure where he had hit the deer, and said he may have possibly hit a branch. The hunter and his buddy took up the track and by all means had no trouble following the blood trail. But than the trail ran out. They performed a grid search in the standing corn where the blood had led them. Unfortunately they where unable to locate the animal. I arrived after dark that evening, and I could tell the hunter was a bit skeptical. He kept saying, "I hope your dog impresses me." As we arrived at the shot site it was exactly as he described, it literally looked as if someone had taken a 5 gallon bucket of blood and started walking as they were dumping it out. As usual Cash ran by the first known turn, as I had informed the hunter my dog usually does, he quickly turned himself back around and got back on the blood trail.. There was no shortage of sign, and it was easy to confirm that we were on the right deer. Then just as the hunter described the blood just stopped, and I mean just stopped, nothing on the ground, nothing on the corn, NOTHING. however Cash was very sure of himself as he navigated up and through the rows of corn. approximately 200 yards after the hunters last blood we found the beautiful buck. The hunter and his friend stopped about 75 yards shy of him while they where grid searching. The deer had been shot right in the bottom of the neck, taking out the wind pipe. I have to believe that the vast amount of blood turned to nothingness due to the lack of blood pressure as the deer was running out of steam. Congratulations to the hunter on his 2012 harvest.
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Monday, November 12, 2012
Dee tracking dogs Bad Axe Michigan
I shot this buck at 8 am yesterday. Tracked him for a couple hundred yards and jumped him. He ran in the neighbors woods. He was in his stand and seen him bed down, he watched him for about 45 min then he had to get down to goto work he ended up spooking him. Then the buck ran to the next wood lot. So I waited two more hours then went back to track him. It's 130 pm now and I start on the blood trail and jump him 30yds in. The buck runs deeper in the woods and couldn't here him any more. So I back out and call Eric from Michigan deer tracking hounds. He said he could come out the next morning. Eric shows up about 930 this morning and stated on the track and we found him at 1030 am he was dead. 26.5 hours later. The buck was still warm.
Deer tracking dogs Grand Rapids Michigan.
I was in Van Buren County hunting downwind of a thick bedding area yesterday (11/10) A.M. when a couple does came crashing out. Hot on their trail was a buck with his nose to the ground. He was chasing the two does in circles in front of my stand. It all happened so fast and after I took the shot I watched the arrow fly a bit farther back than I had hoped. The deer did not seem really spooked after the shot and didn't run more than 20 yards before stopping. After an hour I got down as quietly as I could, grabbed my arrow and backed out. With just watery blood on the arrrow, I assumed the worst figuring that it was a gut shot and hoped he had not gone too far to bed down.
I decided to track the next morning (today) and had Brian Westra and his dog Cider meet me from Michigan Deer Tracking Hounds. To my surprise it only took 10 mintues and about 50 yards from the shot before Cider found my deer. It turns out I hit the liver and he looked to have expired relatively soon after the shot.
We still processed the deer, but with highs in the 60's this weekend we ended up getting rid of almost half the meat which smelled quite questionable.
I originally thought it was a 10, but I'm quite proud of this 8 point! I have not scored him yet, but I am guessing between 110" and 115" and possibly my biggest to date.
-Dan
I decided to track the next morning (today) and had Brian Westra and his dog Cider meet me from Michigan Deer Tracking Hounds. To my surprise it only took 10 mintues and about 50 yards from the shot before Cider found my deer. It turns out I hit the liver and he looked to have expired relatively soon after the shot.
We still processed the deer, but with highs in the 60's this weekend we ended up getting rid of almost half the meat which smelled quite questionable.
I originally thought it was a 10, but I'm quite proud of this 8 point! I have not scored him yet, but I am guessing between 110" and 115" and possibly my biggest to date.
-Dan
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