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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Michigan scent hounds(Team Whitetail Fix)

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The morning of November 3rd we were in stand when a 6.5 year old buck who we named TJ HOOKER came in chasing a doe. It took me four attempts to stop the deer before my chance to shoot. However, at the moment of truth, he bolted as I released my arrow...the consequence was obvious, I clearly shot him in the intestines. Immediately I knew the deer needed 24 hours. Ernie, my filming partner, and I, had a plan. After waiting 3 hours we got down and backed out, but not before seeing the buck run passed us being chased from the neighbor's dogs. It was then we knew we needed the help of a true professional.
Without hesitation we placed a call to good friend, and master deer tracker, Rob Miller with Michigan Deer Tracking Hounds. 27 hours after the shot, and with little blood, there seemed to be little hope. However, when Rob, and his dog, Sypris, arrived and got on the scent trail, our confidence was renewed.
It was truly an amazing experience to witness the recovery of a buck after a 27 hour cold trial and a 1.5 mile track. This deer would have never been recovered without the help, and expertise, of Rob and his dogs.

I will never forget the excitement from Rob after recovering the deer. He was genuinely happy for us. This is a guy who loves the sport of hunting, yet sacrifices nearly his entire season to help others recover their otherwise would-be-lost trophies.
Satisfied Hunter,
Jose' Del Otero















Michigan deer Track'n hounds (Linden Mi.)

My client center punched this buck with a ML. He ran 1/2 mile before bedding. They tracked him the night of to find him still alive near the Shiawasee River. They backed out and came back in the morning. No buck in its bed and no more blood to follow. The searched over 1000 yards down and up stream. No luck. They called me to track and told me the woods was flooded and the buck may have crossed the 4" deep river and its 20 yards wide. Sypris tracked the buck 15 yards downstream and indicated the buck crossed. So we crossed. She searched for 20 min trying to connect the scent trail. No luck. So I brought her back to the other side and she worked the area and again she indicated the buck crossed. Right where she wanted to cross was a log jam spanning the entire width of the river. My client told me prior to my arrival they searched the log jam. It's now 30 hours after my client shot his deer and its 10pm at night. So I took my 300 lumen flashlight and I could see the buck lodged under the log jam under water. Sypris knew the buck was in the river or at least tried crossing the river. We were very lucky to recovery this buck under these conditions. If it was not for my tracking hound insisting on trying to cross at this particular spot we would have never found him.