Post by NE Track on Dec 27, 2011 9:03:29 GMT -6
The evening our 2011 deer season closed, I got the call to track a doe. Within an hour we arrived at the farm where the deer was shot.
The hunter told me he found some gray hair and spots of blood at the shot location. He tried to track the deer but didn’t find any more blood.
I put Sadie on the track where he found the blood and hair. I gave her the command, find it, and she started to pull. She pulled me briskly through the open hardwoods.
Sadie looking back at me. I got stuck in the mud which sucked my boots off
Soon we were in an area of thick brush and multiflora.
Sadie went through the brush and headed into the multiflora. I didn’t see any blood on the ground or hair on the thorns. I wasn’t convinced we were on the right trail. I pulled her off and reset her back to the area where we saw last blood.
On the right and left were well used deer trails. I thought for sure the deer would have taken one of those trails. Off we went again and Sadie pulled me back towards the multiflora. This time I let her do her thing. I got down on all fours and crawled through the multiflora with her. She licked my face; as if to say, “You make a good dog!”
We made it through the thorns and into the cattails Sadie pulled harder. I was sure the deer’s sent was all over the cattail reeds.
I have learned that when Sadie lifts her nose and air scents we are close
Several yards further we found the doe on a brushy Island in the swamp. The hunter was excited and thankful. It was his only deer of the season.
Sadie ended the 2011hunting season in keen fashion. She is very comfortable tracking at night. The moist dense forest and vegetation of the Northeast seems to agree with her nose.
The hunter told me he found some gray hair and spots of blood at the shot location. He tried to track the deer but didn’t find any more blood.
I put Sadie on the track where he found the blood and hair. I gave her the command, find it, and she started to pull. She pulled me briskly through the open hardwoods.
Sadie looking back at me. I got stuck in the mud which sucked my boots off
Soon we were in an area of thick brush and multiflora.
Sadie went through the brush and headed into the multiflora. I didn’t see any blood on the ground or hair on the thorns. I wasn’t convinced we were on the right trail. I pulled her off and reset her back to the area where we saw last blood.
On the right and left were well used deer trails. I thought for sure the deer would have taken one of those trails. Off we went again and Sadie pulled me back towards the multiflora. This time I let her do her thing. I got down on all fours and crawled through the multiflora with her. She licked my face; as if to say, “You make a good dog!”
We made it through the thorns and into the cattails Sadie pulled harder. I was sure the deer’s sent was all over the cattail reeds.
I have learned that when Sadie lifts her nose and air scents we are close
Several yards further we found the doe on a brushy Island in the swamp. The hunter was excited and thankful. It was his only deer of the season.
Sadie ended the 2011hunting season in keen fashion. She is very comfortable tracking at night. The moist dense forest and vegetation of the Northeast seems to agree with her nose.
