outdoorstom

Great buck!! Look at the mass and character......love the brows......congratulations!!

If she was hit high in one lung, there's a good chance she survived.

Wow....you do it right! Nice!

Nice job, and good ethics for not giving up...well done!

Good eye! Definitely biting. We had a tug of war dragging the deer out. Luna didn't want us taking "her" deer.

It wasn't far at all. He did take me to a diner and bought me lunch.

Luna and I went out on a call this morning only 12 miles from home. The hunter reported a quartering away pass through shot, with dark blood on the arrow. He searched last night, but actually got chased away by coyotes. He and a friend went back this morning and followed blood, but then lost the trail. He reported they walked all through the area. I told him this didn't sound promising due to the coyotes and the fact they walked all through the area, but we'd give it a shot. We started at the hit site, but were unable to find blood or hair. The hunter had watched the deer run through the field and exit it, so we knew if Luna was going in the right direction....she was. We entered the woods and the hunter told me this was the area the coyote chased the doe and threatened him, and the area he and his friend had walked through this morning. Luna stayed on the blood trail as it circled all around, then appeared to lose it. I picked her up and took her to an area that we had been through that had a lot of blood, and we restarted there. This time, she took me to a fence that bordered a field about 300 yards long. I lifted her over the fence and she was off on the trail again. I've read how difficult it can be for a dog to track through an open field, and I was prepared to take her to walk along the edge to hopefully pick up the track where the deer exited, but that wasn't necessary. Luna appeared to lose the track only once in the field, but corrected herself and continued on. It was at this point we observed turkey vultures overhead, then saw one fly up from the ground. I let Luna continue to track and she took us right to the doe!

I take it rr sugar beets are still not available to food plotters?

You've been given some good advice....i'd post and do some scouting, staying away from likely bedding areas. Set up your stands where you find a couple runways converging from the thickest areas. Good luck!

That's pretty funny. Love how thick the woods look!

That's a good sized bear!

This guy loved my beans. 205 lbs dressed out.

Yep, that will definitely end a tracking job. If we get to a property line and the hunter can't get permission to enter, it's over.

Thanks guys. Good luck to you all as well.

Here's our first recovery. (I know, small bear. Hey, I didn't shoot it, just tracked it.????)

This is exactly right......

Right back at ya, Jaeger. Hope you guys get a chance to get out there.

Great to meet you Grampy! John and Jolanta are amazing people! John told me the story of the goring...wow. I wish I could have met Sabina.

This is one of 6 hinge cut bedding areas in this 25 acre wood lot. The woods were logged off 2 winters ago and are thickening up now. I moved this blind into the edge of the woods where I can hunt the woods and the food plot pictured below.

My name is Tom Rausch and I live near Waddington. I haven't been on the forum much, but want to get the word out that I just got my Leashed Tracking Dog license and I'm available to take calls. My dog, Luna, is a Wirehaired Daschund and we've only been on two calls so far. The first one we recovered a bear, the second one we searched unsuccessfully for a spike. Despite not finding it, Luna worked the line for an hour in a swamp without any visible blood. The trail eventually took us into a wood lot where we found one drop. We ended up back in the swamp where the trail was lost. I'm telling that story so nobody expects miracles. The success rate for tracking dogs is around 35%. I'm willing to travel around an hour and a half each way. Hopefully you don't need our services this season, but if you do, my number is (315) 854-2044.

Way to stick with it, congrats!

They're lucky you're a nice guy! Not a slam here, but I would have prosecuted.

Prayers sent.

I Like turnips and radishes to help them through the winter. Any way to borrow or rent a tractor? Really sounds like you need a bigger plot.