Syracuse.com - Deer Search lady helps recover a third wounded deer this season with the aid of her dog

HuntingNY-News · October 23, 2012

She and her dog, Braylee, helped recover a 4-point buck near Chittenango Falls.

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Paulene Eggers, the Deer Search lady, poses with a 4-point buck she and dog, Braylee, helped recover that was initially shot by Jeff Hurd of Camillus. Hurd shot the deer in Madison County by Chittenango Falls.

He couldn't find the deer so he called the Deer Search hotline and Eggers responded. It took her and Braylee about 45 minutes to find the buck.

Here's her account of the find:

"On this track, I learned to NOT direct your dog away from their original course. The hunter stated to me he had a 10 yard shot thu the mid section while on the ground.

"At the hit site there was the broken broadhead end of the arrow on the ground with some hair nearby in a large field of very tall goldenrod.

"Braylee proceeded to plod thru the field cutting through a thick hedgerow going into another field of tall goldenrod. The hunter stated to me that the deer went that way pointing in a different direction and I replied that we could check that area after I let Braylee go her way.

"Braylee went into a half circle and came to another hedgerow where I saw an arrow....I stated "there is someones arrow" and the hunter exclaimed "That's my arrow"! I looked at the arrow realizing it was the fletching half of the broken arrow.

"Braylee proceeded to go downhill now and I urged her to "come check over here" and she detoured going uphill now at my request. We went around in a circle until I realized she came back to the exact same spot where we just found the fletching half of arrow, feeling foolish now; I allowed her to go the exact same way she wanted to go just ten minutes earlier. Only 15-20 yards away Braylee found the buck!

"I am still learning about tracking and I certainly learned to not direct your dog away from their intended course!! The track would have been just 30 minutes if I had allowed her to just go the way she wanted to!"

For more on CNY Deer Search and its hotline number, see the group's website.

Read my previous story on this.

View the full article on The Syracuse Outdoors Blog