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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Deer processing

If you live in Genesee County Shiawassee County or Livingston County check out my buddy Matt Gettler's deer processing
$70 and your deer is aged in a walk in cooler. 
Tell Matt MDTH referred you. 

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Southern michigan. 2014 Michigan youth hunt.


Isabella first deer!!

Isabella was sitting in a pop up blind with her father Jose using a 10 point crossbow. It was the last evening of the 2014  Michigan youth hunt. Sitting comfortably in the pop up blind that was protecting them from the rain and wind!! Isabella had many deer feeding in their clover food plot planted by Michigan food plot services. Isabella elected to harvest this mature doe. The skies opened up and 
It started to rain!!!  She had the cross hairs on this monarch Doe vitals just waiting for her fathers approval. Jose gave her the green light. Her shot hit the doe perfectly as the bolt tipped with a rocket Broadhead quickly blew through her like a hot knife through butter. They waited for about 11/2 hours to start looking for blood. It was raining non stop however Jose was able to follow the blood trail for 75 yards until the doe got in to a thicket. There was a brush hogged trail that split off in to a Y and Jose couldn't find any more blood to confirm her direction. So Jose went forward looking for the deer or more blood. After some time of searching he backed out and brought in the 4 legged tracking Insurance. The doe ran maybe 20-30 yards further in to the thicket and due to nightfall and extremely thick brush you would have had to step on the Doe to find her at night.  Sypris made quick work and found Isabellas first deer in a couple minutes. By tracking that night with the hound insured for a quick recovery. Jose would have found the Doe the next morning however the meat would have spoiled. Also by using the dog he is teaching his daughter that you use every means available to recover any deer you shoot. 

MDTH Tracker Rob Miller 810-240-4891

Monday, September 22, 2014

Byron michigan youth hunt.

Sunday evening the last day of the 2014 Michigan youth hunt. The weather was not very favorable for hunting with high winds down pouring rain. Emily Gettler and her father Matt were sitting in a elevated shadow Hunter box blind. This Monarch Dow came in to their food plot at approximately 6 PM and Emily made a great quartering to 35 yard shot. The doe spun and quickly disappeared into the brush. With a steady rain pouring down Matt her father waited 30 minutes to get down to go look for blood. There was blood and a piece of meat at the point of impact. Matt found blood for about 10' feet beyond the shot site and couldn't find anymore. With the rain pouring down and not wanting to let the doe lay overnight because the meat would spoil they utilize the help of a track'n hound. Sypris found the doe 100+ yards in a matter of a couple min. Congratulations to Emily for harvesting this doe on her dad's birthday
The 20 gauge hornady SST slug did not completely pass through resulting in a sparse blood trail. 


Sunday, September 21, 2014

Shields,mi youth hunter scores first deer

Congratulations Caitlin on your first deer. The hunter shot the buck in the morning they found pretty good sign for the first 80 to 100 yards, they jumped the buck at. About the 100 yd mark and backed out. They came back a little later and could not find any more sign, they did a small search and came up empty. I received the call from the young ladies father and we headed out to track. It took Cash about 30-45 minutes to work through where they had searched. About 400 yards past where they had jumped the deer we found this beautiful michigan whitetail laying in the hardwoods. WE LOVE THE SMILES AND JOY..

Howell Mi. 2014 youth hunt.


Hunter is 8 years old and has let every single doe walk by him. Just waiting for a buck. Well his patience paid off on 9/20/14 when he made a great shot on this giant spike buck. The 20 gauge slug did its job however it did not pass through. As soon as Hunter shot the sky's open up and it started raining washing away the blood trail. Hunters dad found stomach matter on the ground and backed out. Sypris found the buck .34 of a mile away. We found two drops of blood and 3 spots of stomach matter. That's it. Their was no way you could eye track this buck. 
Congrats Hunter on your very first buck. 
Joe and Ken helped with tracking because Hunters dad had knee surgery. 

 

Brooklyn Mi. Youth hunt successful hunters.

Alex Sherman 8 years old!! made a great shot on his very first buck. Alex was using a 20 gauge. The buck ran about 70 yards leaving virtual no blood to eye track. The slug did not pass through the buck. The slug was lodged in the opposite shoulder. Alex dad Eric was not going to risk losing his son first buck. After eye tracking for 30-40 only and finding just a few drops of blood he backed out and brought in the hound. The buck was only 25-30 yards farther then where he stopped and backed out. In the end a dog wasn't needed. Better safe then sorry. 

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Check out all of these 2013 smiles

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2014 Michigan Deer Hunting seasons

2014 Michigan Deer Hunting Seasons:
Early Antler-less Firearm: Sept. 20-21


Liberty Hunt: Sept. 20-21
Youth Hunt: Sept. 20-21

Independence Hunt: Oct. 16-19
"This firearm deer hunt will take place on private lands or public land requiring an access permitand open to the Independence Hunt by lottery from October 16-19, 2014. Veterans with 100-percent disability or rated as individually unemployable by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs may participate in this hunt. In addition, hunters who possess a permit to hunt from a standing vehicle or to hunt using a laser-sighting devise, and hunters who are legally blind may also participate.

During this hunt, a firearm or combination license may be used for an antlered or antlerless deer. Antler Point Restrictions apply when taking an antlered deer. The bag limit for this season is one deer. All hunters participating in this season must wear hunter orange."

Archery: Oct. 1 - Nov. 14 and Dec. 1 - Jan. 1

Regular Firearm: Nov. 15-30

Muzzle-loading:
Zone 1: Dec. 5-14
Zone 2: Dec. 5-14
Zone 3: Dec. 5-21

Late Antler-less Firearm: Dec. 22 - Jan. 1


Thursday, September 4, 2014

Dogs are amazing.



Dogs are so important in our every day lives. 

-family pets (unconditional love)

-search & rescue

-k9

-military 

-hunting

-my favorite "therapy dogs"



I think being a k9 officer would be an extremely rewarding occupation. 

Just like being a deer tracker. We get to investigate the "crime scene" and try to solve the puzzle using our knowledge and past experiences and navigate through unknown Territory. Being a tracker is not easy. .it can be extremely stressful.  Owning a specialty  dog requires year round training,exercise and proper diet. 

They are more then a family pet. 

You need a supportive family first and for most. You need to have a flexible job so you can help as many hunters as you can. You need a good running vehicle because many times you are spending most of the season driving. Last year I drove over 7,000 miles. You need to be able to function on a couple hours of sleep. Be a honest person because in this line of work your name is everything. It's extremely rewarding recovering a lost deer that the hunter would have never found. It's also extremely depressing when you fail to find the deer especially one you feel is dead or will die. In 99% cases when a deer isn't found it's because the deer will live or the handler did not read/trust his/her dog. I know of 3 tracks last year the deer were found after Sypris and I left. The fact is I felt we should have found the deer by now and or the evidence did not indicate a fatal shot. Sypris was correct on all 3 and I stopped her short from finding them. However at some point you have to call the track off!! These are life lesson and what makes trackers and their dogs a better team. Please understand in most cases we are coming in to a situation where the area is contaminated or the deer has been pressured and pushed. In some situations we can not work through it. We are your last option!!! Money is involved and emotions are heighten and for most of us we live paycheck to paycheck including myself. So please be understanding and give us space and time while searching for your deer. We give it our all blood,sweat and tears to recovery every deer we put our hounds on. We are all trusting a k9,dog,hound our 4 legged best friend to be a machine, magician, to pull off a miracle and when they do it's an electrifying moment and when they don't we all need to be extremely appreciative and praise the hell out of them for their valiant effort. The dog tracks because they love it!! They want to please their handler and also their client!!!   Good luck this fall and if we can not personally help you we will do our best to find and alternative tracker!!!