Just got busted by a good doe. Wind was perfect and I never moved. She looks up and game over. That don’t happen in the Midwest. View attachment 185886View attachment 185887
was thinking she was gonna walk behind the big tree in second pic. But she kept walking straight to me between the downfall and big tree.
Leads don’t work in these woodsPut her on a lead! Scary
J it was, to me she is my kid. Would’ve been a long night in the woods and next days until I’d find her. Luckily, 99% of hunting dogs will back track, which she did.That’s some scary shit right there…. My gut was twisting just reading it….
Just got back from tracking a doe Cody shot. Quartering to and lots of blood. We are after dark and went to track. Had pearl tracking w a cow bell and light around her neck. She took off as we tracked and could hear her. She jumped the deer cause you usually does a “spooked bark”when a deer jumps out it bed. The bell got lower and lower until now none of us could hear her. Inside I was panicking. Told Cody to back track to his stand, I was going to the road and hunter took off deeper and n the woods. She’s trained to come to whopping like when you’re driving deer dogs. Well that wasn’t working. Hunter made it to the road and truck, got on the atv and blazed out to ride down to the pipeline. When he took off I could hear her bell and I yelled for her. Cody caught her at his tree and I had to wait for hunter to look at his phone so he would know. We loaded up and came back to the camp. She won’t be tracking without a tracking collar ever. That’s even if I let her track at all again. I don’t care.
we all gonna make a quick squirrel hunt in the morning then go put up the stand and fix another that’s leaning because the legs are sinking in. Then hopefully get in stand before noon for the midday movement as it’s the new moon tomorrow and they will move mid day and later.
I had a beagle that took off on me years ago….someone told me to put down my jacket where we dropped them off at the beginning of the hunt. Next morning at first light I was back and she was curled up on top of my jacket. Wouldn’t of believed it if I didn’t see it with my own eyes.J it was, to me she is my kid. Would’ve been a long night in the woods and next days until I’d find her. Luckily, 99% of hunting dogs will back track, which she did.
I learned a long time ago when we used to run deer dogs and hog dogs, when you can’t find them and leaving the area, put your jacket or shirt on the ground where you started. At some point your dog will return and be laying on the clothes you put down. Seen it many times. But, but, Pearl is no hound to me, she’s my baby. Ain’t no way I’d leave out there and would use every resource available to me. When people find trained labs, some will not return them. Yes she has a collar w my name and number on. I’m just glad it’s over and I think her tracking days are numbered. Not that she’s a great tracker anyway, she has too muck duck dog in her.
I was schooled on dropping the jacket trick also, old coon Hunter buddy of mine told me about it. Luckily all those years of running beagles I never had too do it….J it was, to me she is my kid. Would’ve been a long night in the woods and next days until I’d find her. Luckily, 99% of hunting dogs will back track, which she did.
I learned a long time ago when we used to run deer dogs and hog dogs, when you can’t find them and leaving the area, put your jacket or shirt on the ground where you started. At some point your dog will return and be laying on the clothes you put down. Seen it many times. But, but, Pearl is no hound to me, she’s my baby. Ain’t no way I’d leave out there and would use every resource available to me. When people find trained labs, some will not return them. Yes she has a collar w my name and number on. I’m just glad it’s over and I think her tracking days are numbered. Not that she’s a great tracker anyway, she has too muck duck dog in her.
That’s killers pj’s! You would be shocked how many animals he kills wearing those w a bow. Camo if to fleece hunters out of their money.Ha!/in the Santa fleece pants!