Gun Blind buck. MICHIGAN

I was asked to write up the story about this picture. 

The buck was known liver/gut shot. 

 The hunter knew to let the buck lay over night as he was shot during his evening hunt. 

  The blood trail was great and even heavy at times. The buck never bedded from what the hunter could tell and when he lost blood roughly 150 yards from his tree stand he started circling the area looking for new blood. He contacted and started following again. Dropping TP as he goes and next thing he knows he has TP going in several different directions. Very confused and after searching for several hours he made a few calls to see if anyone he knows knew of a tracking dog from someone that they trusted! 

  I received the call nearly 24 hours after the buck was shot and the temperature during the day was very warm so I knew our only shot was to track him after dark. We arrived and now the scent trail is 26 hours old and Sypris locks right on and is tracking with ease..

  She makes a turn away from the known TP trail and I start seeing blood so I'm very optimistic and hoping for a quick recovery. Well that was short lived as she reconnected with the TP trail and we continue. The buck made a slight turn that the hunter missed so it wasn't technically new blood. We get to last blood and their is TP going in multiple ways so I tell my client just stay put and don't move until she figures out this area. Almost an hour had passed and she couldn't figure out how the buck exited the area. This is where contaminating the area messes up the dog. So now I take her in several different directions to see if she can reconnect and an hour later she is still confused!!! My client was tired and ready to go and his buddy that was tagging along left and I wasn't going to give up. I took a break and gave sypris water as I look on Google maps to learn how the deer might navigate the woods. Well that didn't help so I just kept casting her in big circles and bigger circles until we found a wound bed that had a single drop of blood in it. Pure luck in my opinion however sypris did find it so this is where the nose KNOWS!! 

Now I'm thinking we are going to go straight to the buck. Wrong!! Sypris is mentally exhausted from problem solving for several hours so I start trying to find blood and sure enough I did. Just a droplet 50 yards away. That's when sypris took over the heavy lifting and started tracking again. She just needed a longer break then what I originally gave her. We go nearly 900 yards so far and we are at a shallow creek and I'm thinking he will be dead in the water. Wrong. 

 She works this area for another 30 min and I can tell she knows he is close however the scent pool must be 50 yards wide and she couldn't line out the scent.  On the other side of the creek is several giant pine trees that have been blown over during the tornado and it's to thick to see in especially at night. Well she eventually figured out the scent pool and starts going under the pines trees as I start climbing over them. I see this gun blind and by time I got their sypris was enjoying her reward by pulling ass hair. 

If I can find the live video of this night I share it. 

 Enjoy.