JJ Sweet with a high liver shot.
As you can see Sargent found him in this shallow Creek.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Chesaning Michigan
Sypris struggled locking on for some reason. After the third restart she figured out the buck scent and she had to work hard for this recovery. High winds and lots of new failing leaves I believe made this track difficult.
St. Claire County.
Ida township. 25 hour old recovery. It took two restarts for Sypris to lock on and once she did she recovered the buck in 8 minutes.
Fowlerville Michigan
My Slovakian Kopov Hound Sargent with a great Recovery. This buck double backed in the corn field.
Friday, October 13, 2017
Chelsea Michigan
#4-214
Chelsea Michigan
Pete shot this buck Q-2 him.
Shot placement was perfect considering the angle. He waited 4 hours before Tracking.
Minimal blood at first and then decent blood out in the soybean field. Then the blood trail got really sparse and eventually he couldn't find another drop. Pete checked the pine grove and the stream that ran along the bean field. After 4 hours of searching with his brother he realized a dog was needed. Throughout the day it was drizzling rain and we arrived at the shot site around 8:30 pm. Sypris quickly locked on and took us to the bean field and at last blood she turned back towards the area the buck came from. On a slightly v angle back we did find 1 drop of blood on a bean to confirm the buck turned and Sypris was locked on. Short distance later Pete was holding on to this chocolate rack buck. Great day and I'm proud of how well Sypris problem solved.
810-240-4891 for tracking services
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Lapeer Michigan.
Arrow deflection resulting in a stomach shot.
As soon Joe and his nephew Mark lost blood they decided to try and locate a deer tracking. Mark called his friend Jordan Prevo and my name was mentioned.
Tonight recovery was text book and I also ran Sargent for extra training.
For tracking services please call 810-240-4891.
#3-213.
Marion Michigan
It's not all fun and games!!
I drove a few hours north to help a great friend after he told me he shot his target buck!
He found his bolt a few yards past the shot site and backed out. Using his cell phone as a flashlight he couldn't tell by looking at the bolt if he made a great shot. It was clear it wasn't a double lung or heart shot!! I got up north by 10 pm and we went into the shot site with Sypris and investigated the area and bolt. I told him he gut shot the buck and we are not tracking tonight. I slept in my Ford focus with my two hounds. (I'll never do that again)
I started Sypris at the shot site and she took the wrong deer run as TJ buddy was looking down a path to my right and he found blood. Got Sypris back on the right line and she tracked slowly into the cedar swamp about 50 yards further we found two hockey puck size pools of blood. From their Sypris continued forward very slowly and unsure of her self. After an hour of struggling I decided to get Sargent. TJ and his buddy were body hunting along the river and Sargent took the correct path blowing by the last blood and quickly found TJ along the river. I knew he wasn't correct however I followed him with no expectations. After looking up and down the river I knew things were not going well and chances were extremely slim that my hounds were going to recover his buck. We met back at last blood trying to figure out where the buck made his turn. Looking to our right was the most promising so I took Sargent into the blowdowns and tall swamp grass. Sargent quickly went back to last blood. While standing there a grouse comes strolling past us at 10 yards and it looks like Sargent was going to flush it however Sargent walks past the bird and starts to disappear into the cedar swamp. So TJ and I started to follow and I look past Sargent and I could see Sargent was at the buck. Just a few minutes prior we were all done and had plans of using another tracking team or planning a grid search and Sargent saved the day. Looking back I should have went with my gut feeling and used Sargent from the beginning. He is still learning his job and I need to be more patient with him and work through his childish tendencies however he will soon make a name for himself.
Tracking Whitetails with dogs isn't easy however after doing this for 10 years the hardest part is starting a new dog and hopefully Sargent can walk in Sypris footsteps and make a lot of hunters as happy as TJ Alberts is right now.
#3-16
Durand Michigan. Shiawasee county.
Jon knew he hit center mass and slightly Q-2 and had a complete pass through. Had a decent blood trail for 50-60 yards until the buck ran into chest high weeds. They couldn't find any more blood so the neighbor used a utv to grid searched the field. At this point Jon knew he needed a dog. Jon contacted Cj Lauderdale ask if he knew of anyone with a dog. We showed up around 10 pm and started at the shot site. Sargent followed the known blood trail until the field edge and all of the sudden Sargent nose goes up in the air (air scenting) and starts pulling hard. I'm thinking Jon deer is close and Sargent going to walk me straight to him. Well realizing Sargent must have been following a live deer we did a restart at last blood. I casted him into the weeds and with in a few minutes Sargent was locked on and we covered hundreds of yards in minutes!!
This was a perfect track for Sargent.
Congratulations Jon Craven.
#4-17
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