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The "Legend"

2011-11-09T19:25:00.005-05:00

Don From Durand shot this perfect 8 point during his evening hunt. This buck was chasing doe so Don had to make a quick shot resulting in hitting this buck back in the intestines. I started Sypris on this track and she did great considering all the distractions this track had to offer. I would guess I saw at least 30 deer through the entire time trying to track dons buck. After about 1/2 mile of tracking I had to switch out dogs because this track was to difficult for sypris. This buck left a very good blood trail for most of the time. After the buck left a over grown field Sypris had no clue where the buck went so I grabbed scout and he also could not figure out where the buck went. I took him across a picked bean field and that is where scout found the buck bedded in a thicket. We jumped him STILL ALIVE and after 2 miles of pushing and jumping the buck the hunter was able to go get his bow and finish the hunt.

Byron Mi. This was a liver shot buck that did not leave a blood trail. Jason tried tracking the buck the same night however was not successful do to lack of blood. The next morning the hunter and his brother and the neighbor tried to find blood and was able to track the buck about 100 yards. After that they all started down the deer runs looking for blood. Last ditch effort the hunter went up ahead and did a small circle looking for his deer. The area was full of blown down trees and yellow swamp grass so doing a body search was going to be difficult. Scout started of very slow do to all the human contamination. we worked through all the human contamination and found two very small drops of blood to confirm Scout was on the deer. After about 150 yards farther i found another spot of blood to find out the neighbor shot a deer there the day before. Jason buck ran right through another blood trail. After two restarts Scout worked past all the blood and found the buck STILL ALIVE about fifty yards farther. The hunter went and got his bow and was able to finish the hunt.

Houdini

2011-11-03T15:49:00.003-04:00

Ryan shot the buck at 6 yards from the ground and had a complete pass through with a fixed 3 blade broad head. They tracked the buck 150 yards and the blood was getting very spars. At one point they found two softball size of frothy blood confirming a lung hit. Realizing they were struggling they decided to call in a 10 pound track'n hound "Scout". Scout for what ever the reason did not want to track my clients deer so I started to help them try to blood track with our flash lights. We did this for two hundred yards and then when we could not figure it out scout took over and took us on over a mile long track. At one point we found a wound bed with blood in it and with Scout hot on the trail we decided to push the buck because we thought it was a single lung hit. The buck finally crossed a small river and it was past midnight so we decided to back out and pick up the trail in the morning. Scout picked up right where the buck exited the river and we tracked him up into some high ground. We found a wound bed with blood in it and from there scout took us across a road and started through a cut corn field. I was questing his actions and that's when I spotted a Doe out in the field so I realized he was tracking a hot line. So I took scout backed to the wound bed and he turned left started heading south and I could not fin any blood through the thicket so I had my doubts he was back on him. Talking with the hunter and his friend we basically decided this buck was going to live so I went to go get scout. I found scout less than thirty feet from my clients buck stone cold dead. The buck was doubled lung and hit in the liver. I still can not believe this buck was able to travel the total distance of 2.2 miles. Ryan is a pro staff member of Realtree outdoors. Note this buck would never been recovered with out the aide of a track'n hound

goose chase

2011-10-09T11:00:00.002-04:00

This track was one of my most difficult recoveries. Todd shot this buck during his morning sit. The shot was about 12 yards and he knew he made a mortal shot. He started tracking about 1/2 hour after he made the shot. About 100 yards into the track he jumped the buck from his bed. Todd backed out and waited a few more hours before picking up the trail. Todd and his wife and some friends started blood tracking and about 200 yards farther they lost the blood trail. They grid searched the woods and the swamp to the north and came up empty. After our phone conversation I knew Todd had made a mortal shot and I was excited to come make what I thought was going to be a easy recovery. I started my 2 year old dachshund Sypris to give her some more field time and put one more recovery under her collar. She nailed the first 300 yards to the last known spot of blood. After that she took me due west and to the south and I never could find another drop of blood to confirm she was correct. After a few restarts I decided to go get Scout my seasoned tracking dog and I knew he could easily find my clients buck. He also nailed the track up to the last known spot of blood. After that he found one spot of blood about 40 yards farther west and after that he was stumped. So at this point I was wondering what the heck was going on. This should have been a slam dunk track. At this point I have no option but to take scout to areas that would look like a good spot for the buck to go and lay down. To the north was a pond and swamp. The hunter and his wife and several friends have already grid searched the woods and the swamp. I took scout to the edge of the woods and walked him parallel to the swamp and he air scented the buck that was lying under a fallen tree top. The temperature was in the mid 80s and the forest floor was very dry and with all the human contamination it made this track impossible to scent trail to the deer. Hunters do not realize how much damage they can do and make it impossible for a tracking dog to due there job. This track could have very easily ended without a recovery. The buck was shot in the liver.

You win some you loose some

2011-10-07T17:06:00.002-04:00

Monday morning(10-3-11) I went on a track in whitemore lake area. A young lady shot her first buck with a bow. The shot was pretty close to a straight on shot at a distance of 14 yards. The arrow hit just below the bucks white patch of hair on his neck. The father was hoping that the angle would puncture the deer lungs. They gave the deer one hour to expire before they started to track. The blood trail started of very week and Rob found himself tracking the buck hoof prints. After about a 100 yards the buck started to bleed fairly good. They found two nice size puddles of blood following a few droplets. The buck made it to a bean field and that is where Rob lost the blood trail. So I started scout at the shot site and i had him repeat the entire tracking process to ensure he would find Robs daughters first bow buck. Scout made it to the bean field with no problems and continued to track out into the beans. The bean s was planted in late July so they are very dense and still very green. Scout being a mini dachshund is able to track under the canopy of beans so I was just watching the bean shake as scout was tracking. The entire time I was looking for blood and I found only two spots of blood over a distance of 150-200 yards. We were getting close to crossing over the bean field when scout jumped the buck from his bed and the young lady father confirmed that was his daughters deer. Scout did awesome and you do not always find them dead. The track was about six hundred yards long and the age of the scent line was about 14 hours old

Buckwiz the deer slayer Jr.

2011-09-29T19:07:00.001-04:00

Byron Sr. Took his sun Byron Jr. out hunting on the opening day of the Michigan youth hunt. They were hunting out of a box style blind on the ground on the edge of a swamp and a little peninsula of hard woods. This nice 11 pointer came in from their right at a distance of 20 yards. Byron Jr. was using a crossbow and he has been practicing all summer for this moment. Sr. asked him if he was ready for the shot and Jr. said yes, so as soon as the buck stop he was planning for the moment of truth. As soon as Jr. pulled the trigger the buck turned resulting in a little far back shot. However the angle worked out for the better because the shot hit back in the guts angling forward into the liver and possible clipping the opposite lung. Byron Sr. waited a little while before checking out the impact shot sight and with no luck of finding blood he then started down the deer run and still no blood. That's when he decided to call for a little support on helping with the recovery. Byron Sr. pushed forward on the deer trail about 30-40 yards up the trail and he found the first sign of a hit, the buck ran into a small tree leaving a smear mark and some belly hair. After our phone conversation we decided to give this buck some time to expire. The track was about 250 yards long and the buck did not stay on the deer run for very long. After about 50 yards the buck took a hard turn to the right and was just plowing his was threw the swamp leaving small drops of blood. Little while into the track Scout indicated the crossbow bolt laying on the ground and after the bolt fell out the blood trail got allot better. The track took about 15-20 minuets and it was not a very difficult track as far as dog work goes. Most likely Byron would have found this buck on his own however the sign in the beginning did not look promising. If Byron was not able to find where the buck made the turn off the deer run its possible the buck would never have been recovered. Congratulations to Byron Sr. and Byron Jr. If you have never taken your son or daughter or someone else child hunting you should because this experience of recovering this beautiful buck for a youth hunter was priceless.

Same tracking team, New name and site

2011-08-02T20:08:00.000-04:00

Scout's tracking service is still providing your best chance in recovering your deer we simply changed our tracking service name to Michigan Deer track'n Hounds and added a few handlers to our tracking team to help as many hunters as possible. If you are a owner of a tracking dog and would like to join my staff please feel free to email me. (scouttracker07@yahoo.com)or call my phone number is (810)240-4891. My new site is michigandeertracknhounds.blogspot.com.

Scout over night

2010-11-15T22:30:00.002-05:00

Scott Krohn Testimony

The morning of Nov.11th. a large 8pt. buck that I had been hunting for was rubbing a tree in thick cover 40 yards away.As the beautiful buck headed in my direction I mentally prepared for the moment of truth. As the buck entered the shooting lane I drew back, and as he cleared I bleated and he stopped with his shoulder slightly back and I picked a spot and released. To my delight the arrow went exactly where I wanted it! What I didn't know was he was slightly quartering to me. I called my tracking partner and an hour later he showed up and picked up what I was certain to be a short blood trail.
200+ yards later,the blood trail ended, and I thought, this cant be happening to me. After several hours of frantic grid searching, my buddies and my wife went online and gave me Rob's phone number. Realizing the deer was dead but we had no idea where, I knew a tracking dog was the best solution to recover the buck.
Rob agreed to make the trip to Bad Axe. And when he and scout arrived at 5:15pm I thought to myself, how can a dog that small track a deer? Little did I know what this dog was capable of! We proceeded to the middle of the blood trail and scout quickly picked up the trail. The blood was very scarce but scout followed it through 3 property lines which consisted of woods,CRP,and a small marsh! We had tracked about 700 yards. When we approached very thick woods, Scout picked up the pace and Rob said the deer would be close. Suddenly Scout jumped the deer getting within inches before got up! In order to better analyze the deer, Rob asked me to keep up and see how far he goes.
To our amazement the buck back traced exactly back to where he had come from. After following 200 yards, we again jumped the buck and could see he was really hurting.At this point the decision was to go home and come back in the morning.
The next morning Scout easily picked back up on the trail and the buck continued almost the same path he had left on! After 250 yards we found several beds and Rob stated,"He will be close." Scout followed the trail like a champ and we got back up near the woods where the chase began. The deer made every effort to confuse the dog by circling and doing figure eight. At that point I started to get concerned again.
Scout however, expertly followed the buck and 100 yards later, we found the buck expired!Field dressing revealed a single lung/liver shot.
Without Scout, this deer would not have ever been found. I am so great full that Scout and Rob found my trophy. The 1,300+ yards the deer covered with no blood trails is a testament to the quality of this team. Rob was very professional and Scouts' desire to find the deer was relentless! I am so grateful that God brought Scout and Rob into my life. This was an adventure none of us will ever forget!

Scott 8 point green score 125 7/8 nets are for fishing

LET THEM GO! SO THEY CAN GROW!

Q.D.M.A.

Battle creek, Bitter sweet

2010-11-15T07:07:00.000-05:00

Andy lang's testimony: Nov 7th my wife and I called on the service of Robert and Scout for assistance on tracking what was thought to be a surely expired buck.

I had shot the deer around 8:45 good blood for about 200 yards.The arrow was found shortly after.

Blood was lost shortly after that.

I called Rob that night and plans were set.

On the 8th Rob and Scout arrived and headed to the field by11:00am

Scout was let go at last blood and went to work.

The track started little slow until Scout figured out the line

A trail that would take us approximately a mile and a half through neighbors yard where distraction of a playful neighbors dog interrupted scouts work.Over a road,through a pine stand and ending up in a swamp.

All this time finding sporadic blood sign.

Scout entered the cattail swamp zigzagging through deer beds and streams

Coming across a bed more blood was found and was still wet

This was not a sign that was expected 26+ hrs later.

We continued further, scouts work speed increasing.

Robert had to finally Stop scout when the buck was ultimately jumped.

My wife and I cannot say enough for this dog.

Even though the final outcome was bittersweet for me.

I would never think twice about calling on Scouts & Robs service

Scouts a incredible dog.

Thanks

Andy & Andrea Langs

Barry co.

QDMA

Let em go, so they can grow...

Michigan deer track'n hounds(Corn Buck)

2010-10-25T17:05:00.000-04:00

Seth shot this Michigan stud during his evening hunt behind a friends house out in Columbia ville. The shot was a little far back and high resulting in a single lung hit. The blood trail for the first 100 yards was very heavy and easy to follow. The buck must have clotted up because the blood trail came to a stop and that is when Seth decided he would need some help. After our phone conversation I decided we should take up the track in the morning because you do not want to push a single lung shot. Scout started of great tacking us out of the woods/swamps and thru peoples back yards and across a paved road and thru a small woods and then across a drive way and then thru a small woods and then into a corn field. Once the deer crossed over the road the blood trail picked up and it was very easy to see and follow. The buck bedded down several times with in the last 100 yards. The track was 600-800 yards long and the line was about 14 hours old.

Michigan deer track'n hounds(Pond Buck)

2010-10-18T22:12:00.000-04:00

Alex of Eaton Rapids shot this 3 1/2 year old 125class ten point during his morning hunt(10-16-2010). Alex was using a cross bow and the shot was angling away and the bolt hit the deer at mid body and the bolt exited low behind the shoulder resulting in a Liver and one Lung wound. Alex was able to blood track his deer a distance of 150-200 yards before the blood trail diminished. Alex did a great job marking the line with marking tape and also not contaminating the area doing a body style search. I showed up about nine hours later. Scout did a awesome job tracking the buck wright to his bed about 800 yards away. After last blood I did not see any more blood drops on the ground so i had to trust my dog and we found the buck next to a pond still alive. I called Alex on his cell phone and told him to get his bow and put the finial shot into his trophy. As Alex showed up and moved into position the buck jumped up and ran directly into the pond and ended up drowning. So Alex wadded out to get his trophy that was about one hundred yards out into the pond.

Sypris, Michigan deer trackn hounds

2010-07-14T18:03:00.003-04:00

This fall will be my Fourth year tracking wounded white tails here in southern Michigan. I have been training my standard smooth Dachshund all spring and keeping Scout in shape and his nose in tuned. For me tracking deer is my passion and I strive to be the best and to lead by example when it comes to be a professional tracker. I will be lowering my cost to our youth hunters and to the meat hunters that live in or near my home town of Linden. Last fall I had great success but I had to travel long distances to recover hunters lost trophy's. I will still travel where ever my services are needed however I would like to increase my service locally.Please feel free to call anytime to discuss pricing and any info about using dogs to recovery wounded deer. (810)240-4891

Sypris in the pool

2010-07-14T17:38:00.003-04:00

Sypris loves to cool off in the pool. I will have two tracking dogs coming with me on all my calls. This should increase your chance of recovery. I will only use one dog at a time. I am proud to announce that Jim Meyer of Rudyard U.P. has joined forces with Michigan deer trackn hounds team. Between Jim and I we should be able to cover the entire state of Michigan.

Jim Meyer Joined Michigan deer trackn hounds

2010-07-14T17:26:00.004-04:00

My name is Jim Mayer i live in the eastern UP in Rudyard. I track with two German Dachshunds i have a black and tan male named Dozer who is used for the majority of tracks but if i get a couple in one day i will use or chocolate female Sophie. Will be training hard all summer to give you the best chance of recovery of your deer. Dozer passed a bloodtracking test this fall with a German judge giving him a 100/100 pts. Look forward to helping you find your deer whether a wall hanger or a doe for some meat in the freezer. Call for prices will depend on distance i have to travel.

Jim is going to cover tracking areas of northern lower pennisula and the U.P.
Hopin to make many more happy hunters!

Sypris

2009-11-27T20:28:00.006-05:00

I laid a scent line this morning at 10a.m. The trail was 250 yards long, with three 90 degree turns, plus Sypris had to cross a Creek. I used about 1/2 cup of blood diluted with water. It took Sypris a total of 18 minutes to complete the blood/deer hoof scent line that I aged for 5 hours. I laid the line next to a creek that is infested with rabbits to test her temptations for rabbits. All in all she only got off the line twice and needed help crossing the creek, and her body language is very easy to read.

Long haul

2009-11-22T20:22:00.010-05:00

Tom of Webberville shot this broken up 4 point on the morning of 11/22/09. That morning there was a very thick fog and Tom spotted this buck about 100 yards a away and he thought that it might be a decent buck so he took the shot. Tom was using a H&R ultra slugger with hornady sst slugs so he knew he could make the shot. He was very nerves when he made the shot so that is why the bullet missed his mark. Tom blood trailed the buck for a distance of 200 yards with out any problems there was tons of blood and broken bone and then the blood trail just stopped. At the end of the trail they jumped some deer out of the swamp and then they heard a shot in they direction they deer went. After talking with the neighbor they said they did shoot at a buck that came from Toms property. The neighbor tracked the buck about 200 yards and jumped the buck from its bed. They watched the deer run off and decided that the deer looked strong and they stop looking. Tom called me and we started tracking at 2 p.m. and found out that the neighbor shot at Toms deer because Scout tracked right in front of the neighbor blind where there was some deer hair. The neighbor was with us while we were tracking to confirm that his son shot the same deer as Tom. After 500 yards we were on a different Land owners property that we had permission from and we still had blood so we continued on. At the begging of the track there was tons of blood and bone so I thought that the deer had a broken shoulder and possibly one lung collapsed. We met up with the next land owner and he helped us track across his property and Scout found the buck in the middle of a flooded swamp. Scout jumped the buck and the chase was on. I am going to try to speed the story up. The track was about 5 miles long and we crossed several property lines ( we had permission from all of the land owners)jumping the deer 7 more times. At one point the buck swam across a small pond trying to trick us but Scout jumped in and did the same. I could see air bubbles floating on the water so I knew Scout was on the buck trail. Randy(Toms father)joined me half way on this 5 mile track and told Tom to get up ahead to try to cut of the buck. Randy was on the phone calling tom after we jumped the buck again trying to get him in position to cut off the deer. while on the phone we jumped a doe in the standing corn field and the doe actually ran under Randy's legs.(At this point we put Scout in the truck and did a deer drive in the standing corn field because the buck was to strong and would not let us get close enough to put him down)(It is illegal to track with any type of weapon while using a tracking dog) I knew the deer was going Strong so we got some more help in place up a head to try to shoot the buck. One of Toms friends was able to finish the deer. This track I will never forget and I think It will be a very hard one to beat. Thanks to everyone involved with out your help this deer would be living a very painful life. Rob and Scout

1st Smoke Pole

2009-11-19T06:01:00.007-05:00

Dan B of Byron shot this 17 inch wide 8 point on the evening of 11/17/09 at a distance of 125 yards with his t/c smoke pole. The buck was angling forward and Dans shot hit back in the liver. After the shot the buck ran right past him and then angled straight away and then stopped. Dan started to reload his gun and at this point he thought the buck was going to fall over. After reloading he lost sight of him. Dan called me after the hunt and we talked about his options and we decided he should look in the morning and if he could not find him I would bring Scout out after work. Dan found where the buck stood or lay down and then walked threw a old standing corn field. The corn was about 15 rows wide with over grown weeds in it. Dan tracked the buck threw the corn into a tilled field and that is where he lost the blood trail. I showed up after work and Started Scout about Fifty yards back from last blood. Scout had no problem starting here even with it be a day later, he continued tracking threw the corn and into the tilled field and then he started down the edge of the corn and then back into the corn and that is where the buck lay. The deer hooked back into the corn about twenty yards from where it originally exited. This was my fastest and Shortest recovery. Dan is my father in law and I have never seen him so happy after Scout found his 8 point. I got with in 5 feet of the buck before I could see him. It was so thick you could have walked by the deer 100 times and never see him. Thanks Dan and my boys who where helping and learning about tracking because one day they will be part of Scouts Tracking Service. Rob and Scout And Sypris. I also let Sypris run the line where I started Scout and she did GREAT.

Broken Brow Tine Buck

2009-11-13T23:11:00.008-05:00

Eric P of South Lion shot this 145 inch 9 point (Jackson county) during his evening hunt(11-12-09)he ended up hitting the buck way back in the paunch. The buck was angling forward at him but when Eric let the arrow go the buck turned for the worse making the angle almost straight on. Eric called me immediately after making the shot to inquire about my service. After our phone conversation we decided to let the buck lay overnight and I would help after work the next day. Eric showed up a little early to try to learn the direction the buck went. He only found two drops of blood within the first 150 yards. Scout started off slow getting distracted by a Raccoon and then by some does that ran past us. After I got him refocused Scout found Two chunks of fat and one more drop of blood. This buck went threw a large open woods and into a swamp witch Scout had to swim threw some water and find the line on the other side then he took us out of the swamp into a peninsula of woods. At this point we are about 2 hours into track and we did not see any more blood to confirm Scout was on the correct buck. He took us up and around a peninsula of woods and at this point I had real doubts that we where going to recovery this buck. Close to the end of the line I picked Scout up to call it quits and Scout wanted out of my arms real bad so i put him down and forty yards up in a thorn patch was Eric trophy. The total distance was about 1200 yards with only 3 drops of blood and the line was 26 hours old it took Scout 2 hours and 20 min. The main reason Scout was able to find this buck was Eric did not push the buck and he did not stomp the area with human scent. Hunters do not realise how much DAMAGE they can do by searching blindly ahead of the last blood. This was Scout farthest recovery and the oldest line. Eric with out your help this track my have not been successful. Thank you Rob and Scout

Deer tracking service (newiest tracker)

2009-11-10T19:52:00.009-05:00

Here is my new tracking puppy. I can not wait till I can get her on a live deer. If anyone shoots a deer and knows that it is a easy find please call me asap so I can put my new tracker on a fresh kill.

PTP productions

2009-11-08T11:00:00.005-05:00

Dan of Holt shot this unique 5 point during his evening hunt on 11/5/09. The shot was 30+ yards and he hit the buck back at the last rib and very low clipping the bottom lung He was using a G5 montec style head. The deer was standing in a corn field and it was very difficult tracking the buck threw the corn because the buck was bleeding internally. Dan was following the buck by his running hoof print. After 200 yards the buck started walking and that is where he needed help. Scout started off great following the interdigital hoof gland in the hoof taking us a total of 500+ yards straight to the buck. Dan had www.passthroughproductions.com come out and video tape the track. After last blood I Only found 3 drops of blood on corn stalks. Thanks for all your help Dan and looking forward to doing more work with pass through productions. Rob and Scout

Flat Footer

2009-11-07T07:34:00.007-05:00

Cliff of Fowlerville shot this 130 class 10 point on 11/6/09 about 8 a.m. Cliff watched this Flat footer make a scrap at the edge of a bean field. Cliff made a good shot hitting the deer back in the liver. He was using a motec G5 broad head and he had a complete pass Threw. This buck ran about a 1000 yards with out being pushed. The blood trail was awesome for the first 500-600 yards and then went to drops and then there was large gaps in the blood trail. Scout did awesome job trailing this buck. We made it to a small pine grove and we lost the trail do to the pine needles. Jeff (K-9 officer of Fowlerville) which is Cliff dad was helping us out on this long trail, he found a drop of blood on the perimeter of the pines so I put scout down there and instantly scout went threw the thick weeds and I spotted the buck in the grass STILL ALIVE. Cliff was able to shoot him with his bow. Thanks to the Soli family for all your help Rob and Scout Miller.

High Tines

2009-11-05T19:04:00.009-05:00

Steve of Coldwater shot this upper 150 class buck on his evening hunt(11-4-09). When Steve shot his bow string hit his arm sending the arrow of course hitting this Giant in the neck. Steve was using a 2 blade head the cut the artery in his neck. The buck ran about 500 yards and in the begging of the trail there was blood every where then it slowed down to drops. Steve would have been able to recover him during the day but he got turned around tracking him at night so he though he might need some help. Thanks Steve for all your help.Rob and Scout.

Big Battle

2009-11-03T17:00:00.008-05:00

Travis shot this 138" ten point During his evening hunt on his grandfathers property in Battle Creek. Travis was shooting carbon arrows with a 2 blade Rage broad head. The shot was good he hit the buck right behind the shoulder just a little low and the arrow exited out the bottom center of the chest hitting one lung. The buck ran about 80 yards and bedded down. Travis and Eric jumped the buck from his bed and the buck traveled about 200-300 yards and bedded down again. They waited about and hour and picked up the trail again and found him still alive. They backed out and started tracking the following morning and the blood went from good to only drops then to nothing. The deer was heading out of swamp Threw a small island of hard woods and back into swamp so they decided to find a tracking dog for hire. Scout started off a little slow but once he locked on the bucks hoof print he took us 650 yards to the dead buck. Travis and Eric did a great job tracking and giving me the info I needed. Nice buck and thank's for all your help. Rob and Scout

Scout (MARSHALL)

2009-10-24T21:32:00.014-04:00

Frank from Marshall shot this huge 11 pointer at a distance of 20 yards and the buck took one step forward during the shot resulting him hitting the buck far back in the paunch. Frank was shooting carbon arrows and using muzzy 100 gr. heads. After the shot frank got sick so he had his brother in law Bill come in to track the buck which Bill did a great job tracking him a total approximate distance of 350 yards. Once Bill lost the blood trail he called looking for some help. I drove about 1 hour and 50 minutes to the farm in Marshall. Mean while during the day it rained on and off pretty good. We started Scout and the shot site and Scout did pretty well considering this place was infested with deer and Lot's of big bucks. Scout was able to find a wounded deer bed which Bill said he jumped a nice buck from this area but he didn't feel it was Franks deer. After Scout made it to the last known spot of blood he started out in to a Pasture with tall weeds. At this point all the blood was washed away from the rain and no canopy from above to preserve any visible blood for me to see while tracking. We jumped 3-4 doe and one nice buck out in the Pasture grass so I thought Scout was going to start following them but he was locked on this GIANT buck and 150 yards farther we where jumping and hugging for joy. Mike and Bill did a GREAT job helping Scout and I and they listen and follow to my instructions perfectly which helps me exercise my tracking ability's. The total distance this buck went was about 650 yards and the scent line was about 9 hours old. Thanks for all the help I received from a great bunch of hunters, with out your help things might not have gone as well as this track went. Bill Email is jhurd@hurdbenifetvisor.com Thanks again Rob Miller UPDATE: on Franks buck. The deer scored in the 160's and is 3 1/2 years old and the processor found a pencil size splinter in the bucks armpit.

Still Alive

2009-10-19T16:50:00.005-04:00

Pat shot this 6 point on 10/17/09 duting his evening hunt. He was hunting in highland at his brother in laws house. His shot was at a distance of twenty yards and he thought his shot was little back and low. Pat was using carbon arrows and thunderhead broad heads. Pat waited about one hour before he started tracking. After 150 yards pat jumped what he thought was his deer so he waited one more hour and started tracking again. The blood was dark color and the drops where consistent. After 100 yards farther he lost the trail on the edge of a small pond. Scout and I showed up 24 hours later on Sunday evening. I started Scout where the buck was shot, and Scout really didn't get started till I took him in the direction the hunter told me the buck went. Once Scout found the individual deer's scent He was locked on him and I was looking for blood while scout was doing his part. The buck traveled a total of 900 yards where we found him STILL ALIVE. The blood trail was great for a distance of 250 yards. The buck lay ed down twice with in the first 250 yards. After that the buck barley bleed at all. At one point there was gaps of 50-60 yards where I could only see small drops of blood. Once we found the buck I tried to shoot the buck with the hunters bow and I missed 4 times. LOL I retrieved one arrow and the hunter put a nice shot on the buck to finish the job. Pat did a nice job on not disturbing the area where he lost the trail and I feel that made a HUGE part in recovering his buck. After looking the buck over we found one hole in the bottom of the deers chest. Resulting in lots of blood loss and causing difficult breathing for the deer. No major arteries or organs where hit. Thanks Pat for your help. 248-802-7783

Tracking in the rain

2009-10-04T19:12:00.004-04:00

Shane from fowlerville shot a 9 point buck on the evening of 10/3/2009. His shot was about 18-20 yards with the buck at a slight quartering away angle. Shane thought his shot placement was good but after looking for a blood trail he realized he might need Scout to help in the recovery. Shane is shooting carbon arrows and a 2 blade teken g5 broad head. I showed up at 10:30 p.m. and Shane took me to his tree stand and Scout had a tough time getting started. This was the first track that we did without any blood. Scout worked the hole area and was not able to find the Scent trail so I started taking Scout down all the deer runs and about 45 minutes later we found blood about 80 yards from wear the buck was shot. While I was working Scout, Shane found 2 VERY small flecks of blood about 30 yards from where he shot the buck. It was raining pretty good the whole time but Scout was able to keep on the bucks trail pretty well. We where finding blood about 40-80 yards apart. After about 600-700 yards we jumped the buck from his bed and Scout and I continued after him for another 150 yards and found 3 spots of blood and I decided that the buck was to strong to keep pursuing. This was my second time tracking for Shane. It is great to track for hunters that can understand what it takes in trying to recover there lost deer. Thank for all your help Shanner.

Michigan blood tracking dogs, Tracking service

2009-09-10T17:56:00.003-04:00

This will be Scouts third year of tracking wounded deer and all summer we have been training and he is ready for the season to start. Please call me if you have any question about my services. Thanks Rob Miller 810-240-4891

08 stats

2009-04-28T20:23:00.008-04:00

Scout recovered 9 bucks and 1 we found still alive out of 21 tracks. I got reports of three bucks that were spotted later in the season and one buck found buy a family pet dog in february. The deer found buy the family's pet dog Scout tracked the deer to the wounded bed witch was about 250 yards from the where he was shot. The hunter knew he gut shot the buck and there was very little blood to follow. The buck ran into a grove of pines witch is the most difficult conditions for a dog to pick up orders in do to the pine sap. After we made it to the bucks wounded bed there was less than a teaspoon of blood in it's bed. Scout continued on tracking and was heading back north to almost were the buck was shot and then Scout started west and that's were he lost the trail. Maybe if it was daylight out we could have found the buck because we were with in 30-50 yards of the creek where he died.

Washed Away

2008-12-11T20:30:00.011-05:00

Ryan shot this 124 inch 8 point on 11/14/2008 down in Hillsdale county. He shot this buck about 10 a.m. and scout and I drove down later that afternoon. All that day it had rained off and on. Scout started off struggeling but he made his way through flooded marsh and out into hardwoods. Once we made into the hardwoods scout lost the trail due to water erosion from the near by ridge. Scout kept going back and fourth at the bottom of the hill trying to pick up the scent trail. Ken, Ryan's farther asked me if he could look up on the hill side because the deer like to bed up there on the side of the ridge, I said sure because Scout was not able to advance anymore. 50-75 more yards up on the hill side laid Ryans buck. This buck was shot in the liver and the buck traveled about 300 yards. Even though Scout did not make a complete recovery on this buck he gave Ken and Ryan the line of direction to make the recovery and that is what is most important. ken #1-313-805-3842

HOOF PRINT'S

2008-11-09T23:57:00.015-05:00

Ron of swartz creek shot this wide 8 point on 11/9/2008 at five o'clock at a distance of 40 yards. Ron tracked this buck a total of 50 yards and lost the blood trail. Scout and I started at the last blood,and I only found one more drop of blood about 20 yards farther. Scout started on the trail with total confidence and we went about 200 yards threw open hard woods and I didn't see any blood so I picked him up and brought him back to last blood to start him over. Scout went in the same direction, so I decide to let him go till he could prove to me what he was trailing. 250 yards threw the woods Scout found where the buck laid down and it was the only spot of blood I found on this 500+ yard long trail. The spot of blood was just a few small drops of blood. Scout circled the bed and picked up the line and off we went again for another 250 yards and that's when Scout found Ron's buck. Scout tracked this buck solely on it's interdigital glands that are located in the deer's hoof. Each deers interdigital gland put's of a different smell and that how Scout knows witch deer to follow. Ron 1-810-397-6599

Scout's (heaven)

2008-11-08T20:01:00.008-05:00

Jeff of swartz creek shot this six point on 11/8/2008 during his morning hunt. The buck was at thirty yards when he made the shot and he thought he may have hit the deer in the liver area. He waited about one hour and started tracking and followed a good blood trail about one hundred yards, at this point is when he seen where the buck laid down. He couldn't find any more blood at that point,so that is where Scout started on the trail. Scout back track for about twenty yards and came back threw the bucks bed and off on the trail. We went about two hundred yards and only found a few smear marks on weeds to confirm that we were on the trail. Scout jumped the buck,so i called jeff up to that spot and off on the trail we went. About two hundred yards farther we spotted the buck in the weeds and Jeff was able to get an arrow threw him to finish him off. This deer was hit in the right rear leg and the arrow exited threw the gut's. Scout was in tracking heaven on this track. 1-810-513-0506

Big "Nose" for a little dog

2008-11-05T15:29:00.014-05:00

Shane from Fowlerville shot this 120 class 10 point on 11/4/2008. Shane’s daughter spotted this buck from the house around 4:00 pm. Shane decided to put on a stalk with his wife’s help. His wife was giving him play by play from the house using cell phones, while he was sneaking up the fence row. He was able to get close, but not close enough for a shot. The buck meandered into the woods after his doe. Shane headed back to the house with little hope of seeing the buck again. His wife convinced him to head back out to his tree stand, knowing the buck was in pursuit of a hot doe. 1 ½ hours later, Shane was happy to be sitting in his tree stand. The 10 point reappeared down the same fence row, giving him a 30 yard shot. The arrow hit a little high and while the buck was running away, the arrow eventually exited the other side. Shane was able to recover the arrow and track the deer through thick cover for about 125 yards. Eventually, the blood trail ended with minimum blood. That’s when I received the call from Shane and was asked to bring Scout out to do some tracking. Scout was able to track about 125 yards further, finding only one decent puddle of blood. With the hot weather and back wind, Scout was up for a real challenge finding good ground scent. Scout was persistent with his nose and eventually got down wind of the deer, held his head up high and went straight to Shane’s buck. The buck had jumped a fence and was found in a shallow creek. The exit wound was higher than the entrance wound, causing the deer to mainly bleed inside, making it difficult to track with the human eye. Without Scout’s help, this buck may not have been found. Scout now has a new fan club in Fowlerville, Michigan. Way to go Scout!! 1-517-202-1799

It pays to have tracking Insurance

2008-11-03T16:04:00.018-05:00

Jeff of Leslie with a 5 1/2 year old, 215 pound field dress,156 inch 11 point shot on 10/30/2008. Jeff shot this buck from his tree stand with a sharp downward angle. The buck was at 8 yards away and he had a complete pass through. He shot another 10 point early that evening so when he got down at dark he tracked the first buck and finished taking care of that deer before he started tracking his second buck. The blood trail was fair with consistent drops of blood that went about 125 yards to the deers first bed which had 12-14 inch circle of blood in it. He then found two more beds that looked the same as the first bed. He was able to track about 40 more yards with only a few drops of blood. So he decided to stop looking and pick up the trail in the morning and that is when he called me about 7 am. I had to leave work and come home to get Scout and make the hour and half drive to Jeff's house. Once on the trail scout held the line to the buck. It took about one hour to track 250 yards. Even though Scout found this deer Jeff would have found this deer on his own, he just wanted to make sure he didn't lose this TOAD. 1-517-256-1887

Creek buck

2008-10-18T18:16:00.007-04:00

Jeff of Fenton shot this 5 point on 10/17/2008 during his evening hunt. The buck was quartering away when Jeff shot him. The arrow hit little high but with the angle the arrow exited perfectly behind the shoulder. Jeff tracked the deer about 75 yards to the deers bed and that is were he lost the trail. The deer was heading south from where Jeff shot him so he figured the deer would keep going south. I brought Scout to Jeff's stand and I started scout from the deers bed and he started heading north. About 50-75 yards north we found the deer in a creek. All I found was a piece of flesh from the buck to confirm scout was on the right trail. This deer barley bleed at all so it made it impossable for Jeff to track him by a blood trail but for a trained tracking dog it made for a easy track.

1-810-516-9142

NEVER GIVE UP

2008-10-16T20:22:00.009-04:00

Ben of Bancroft shot this 4 1/2 year old, 130 6/8inch p&y 8 point on the night of 10/15/2008 around six p.m. He watched the buck bed down after he made the shot and stayed in his stand till dark before he got down to go look at his deer. When Ben was going over to his deer the buck ran off so Ben and a friend started tracking because at that point it started to rain. They tracked the 8 point about 200 yards more before losing the blood trail. They tried to pick up the blood trail the next day and they were not able to so they called me for help. Scout and I showed up around 3:30 and Ben took me to were they left off and Scout was not able to pick up they scent either. I feel that it just rained to hard and all the blood and scent was washed away. So we went back to Ben's truck and I suggested I start checking deer runs heading north into the neighbors woods. Ben tried to call the neighbor but scout started anyway on a hot trail so we followed him. About 60-75 yards in the woods was Ben's Buck. 1-989-666-8577

Steller performance

2008-10-04T20:28:00.007-04:00

Mike of Brighton was hunting the evening of 10/2/2008 during a rain storm when he shot this 5 point around six O'clock. His shot was decent hitting the deer in the liver. He watched the deer run off as far as he could see till he lost sight. Mike started tracking soon after but lost the blood trail do to the rain. The next morning he drove his 4-wheeler threw the bog looking for the deer because the blood trail was washed away. It rained for at least 5 hours after he shot the deer. Scout started tracking the buck 17 hours later and immediately picked up the bucks scent trail. It was a stellar performance by Scout because he only lost the scent-blood trail one time. The 5 point ran about 275-300 yards. Simply amazing to say the least.

1-248-701-9385

Great start for 2008

2008-10-01T21:10:00.008-04:00

Scout recovered his first buck of the 2008 deer season. A nice 8 point that was shot in the rear hip during the youth hunt. Eric P. of Brighton shot the 8pt. on 9/28/2008 some time during his evening hunt, he started tracking that night. They jumped the buck up while tracking so they decided to pick up the blood trail the following morning and had no luck in finding any more blood. The buck ran approximately 250 yards leaving virtually no blood and made three hard 90 degree turns and even ran down their tractor path that we walked in on. Scent trail was about 20 hours old. Scout did a A+ job in the recovery which took little more than an hour.

Tracking Service Fee

2007-11-28T13:11:00.010-05:00

If you live with in a half hour of my house the price is $75.00 to show up and that's for 2 hours of tracking. $25.00 per additional hour's and $75.00 recovery fee. I will also take digital pictures and help with Field care and removal of your deer. If you are beyond half hour away call for a quote. 810-240-4891

10 point 11/7/2007

2007-11-20T19:25:00.002-05:00

This 10 point was shot low in the guts on his left side and the arrow exited high on the right clipping the liver and right lung. The deer left very little blood on the ground. I showed up about five hours after the shot and I put Scout down on the scent and he struggled to find where the buck went. Two hours later and Scout has not advanced at all and we were ready to leave when Scout started on the scent trail with a heavy nose and twenty minuets later he found the buck 200 yards away in a swamp. 1-517-304-2502

8 point 10/28/2007

2007-11-20T19:11:00.003-05:00

This buck was hit high on the deers right side clipping the lung and liver and exited low in the guts. The buck traveled about 200-250 yards. The scent trail was about 12 hours old. Gut shots are easy for a trained dog to track because they put of so much gas and stomach secretions. 1-586-933-3059

24hour scent trail

2007-11-20T18:37:00.000-05:00

A gun hunter shot a huge buck with a 12 gauge slug. He said he hit the deer high butt thought the buck would die. He picked up on the blood trail the next morning butt lost the blood in a standing corn Field. I brought Scout in 24hours later to my surprise to see scout take off on the blood trail without any hesitation. We went about 50-60 yards farther and only found a couple of small drops of blood to confirm he was on the blood trail. The farmer was picking the corn field that night. Scout followed the blood to the edge of standing corn and picked corn and that's where we lost the trail. I believe if the farmer hadn't pick the corn we could have keep going. Total distance we found blood was a about 400yards. It's possible that deer was hit above the lungs a could survive that high hit.

Shoulder shot

2007-11-20T18:26:00.001-05:00

I got a call from a hunter that said he shot a doe right in the pocket but he couldn't find any blood. That night we had a light drizzle of rain and he was afraid that the blood would be washed away. I put Scout down on the hunters bait because that's where the doe was standing. We didn't have any blood or arrow to use as a reference to that deer. Scout took off without any hesitation and 45yards later i started to see droplets of blood to confirm he was on the scent trail. Fifty yards later we started into a tall grass field were i had a doe at about five feet staring at me. She blew and bounded off and that's when i could see the arrow high in the shoulder so i didn't bother to keep going because i figured she would live. She looked strong running threw chest high weed's.

1 mile track

2007-11-20T17:57:00.005-05:00

Jason Hawhkins had this 8point at thirty yards broadside when he took the shot. Unsure where he hit the deer because he had a deflection. When he got down to look for blood he was surprised to see a 100yard 12inch wide blood trail that headed out of the woods to a tall grass field. When he got to the field he lost the blood trail. About 4 hours later scout was on the trail. This buck traveled close to a mile only leaving droplets of blood and crossed a small creek. After we crossed the creek we found where the buck bedded down. In the bed was very little blood so we thought possibly this deer would survive. Scout keep tracking for about 50yards farther when he just gave up. This track took about two and half hours and I think scout was just to young for this long of a track. The hunter found a spot of blood farther up the trail so i tried to get scout fired up but he just didn't show any interest. We were in a residents back yard at this point so Jay went to get permission to look on his property. He got permission and started to look when he jumped the buck by the person's house and watched the buck run into a river and when the buck came out of the river he finally died. We believe when he swam the river his chest filled up with water and because the arrow past threw the bucks brisket leaving a 6-8 inch gash in the deers chest. Almost a victory.

1-810-444-1470

4 point 11/12/2007

2007-11-18T09:36:00.008-05:00

This is my Farther in-law, DAN Berndt. When he shot this buck it was late in his hunt and shooting time was coming to and end. He released his arrow and not sure of his shot placement he decided to call me and put Scout on the blood trail. The blood trail in the beginning was sparse with only a few drops of blood. Scout was tracking in the direction of the truck. I decided to pull Scout off the scent trail because I did not see any blood and I thought he was going back to the truck. I started Scout off again at the last spot of blood and once again he started to the truck. I pulled him off again and took him back to the last spot of blood and he went off in another direction. I followed him for awhile and I could tell he was not tracking so I picked him up again and started back to the last spot of blood. That is when I herd Dan call me and he found a wounded deer bed. Back to when Scout was heading for the tuck, the deer ran down the two track that we drove in on and we parked the truck wright on top of the blood trail. So I took Scout to the bed and Scout advanced off the wounded bed and a short distance we jumped the buck. I did not have Scout on a leash and the buck ran off with Scout trying to catch him. I ran as fast as I could and I watched Scout's flasher disappeared into the darkness. I kept walking in that direction when I could see his flasher again. Scout was up on the deer side pulling on the deers intestines. Dan and I finished the 4 point of with my knife. I should have trusted my dogs nose. I learned a very important lesson that night. Have faith in my dog.