Double S Deer Tracking

09/02/2026

Got a message from a young man’s dad looking for a drone after his son had shot a buck and lost the trail. After a few questions of why a drone and not a dog it was decided we would show up the next morning and check it out.

We hit the trail about 12 hours after the shot and slowly worked to last blood and a little further beyond along the side of the hill. Slate was struggling a little bit (I think due to scent pooling since we were close to the deer and the morning thermals in the hills) to get something figured out so we did some walking a little further. About the time I noticed him go on point, the buck jumped up and took off. He looked to be getting along pretty well.

After a few minutes we got on the trail and started finding blood. We pushed along for a ways catching up to him about 3 times. The 4th time we caught up to him he was about done. A little knife to make sure and the young man had his hands on his awesome buck!

About 400 yards from shot site to where he bedded and then another 900 yds or so of pushing him.

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09/01/2026

The very first track we were going to let Loren Roe with Trails End Tracking Service and his dog start the track so I left mine in the truck with windows cracked and air going. Slate did not like the idea of another dog doing his job so he found a way out of the truck and caught up with us (he has been waiting a while to get back at it). Not a great way to start the season but had a good ending.

Anyway, I took him back to the truck to hangout. With the midday sun and open canopy Loren and dog decided to take a little break from the heat and let us try and finish the track. I took Slate and we started at the beginning and made our way to where they had stopped. The hunter said they had jumped the buck earlier while tracking and it had went up the hill to the left so we worked that way and he was not interested at all. So we went back to where he had stopped and let him work. He took me straight ahead to a bed and finally out of it and about 75 more yards to the 10 point buck.

Deer had travelled right at 400 yds.

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09/01/2026

Well, it was a somewhat fun but very hot weekend tracking for the Tn velvet season. Was able to recover 4 of the 7 and the other 3 were caught up with and confirmed still alive and well. Will wait to see if they show back up to cameras and determine exactly where the shot was placed.
Recovery stories coming soon.

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08/13/2026

Season is getting close! Slate getting in his daily exercise to stay in shape and help manage the heat! But we are definitely ready for it to cool down!@

02/06/2026

Received a call late this morning from a guy that had shot a buck quartered to with a bow. He said the arrow looked to enter right behind the shoulder but had a stink to it. They had tracked about 350 yds and backed out.

We arrived about 8.5 hours after the shot and the dogs hit the trail. They worked a long way and we were finding blood on and off but it was all dry. Finally about 1.7 miles in we caught up with the buck. Unfortunately he was not ready to give up and decided to swim the river (another 1/4 mile). We watched and made sure he made it all the way across before heading back to the boat.

We made our way across the river and up the bank to where it finally ended. Shot placement was pretty much exactly where he thought (lung/liver/gut). Crazy how tough these deer can be. Congrats to the hunter on his best bow buck!

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02/06/2026

Got a call last night after a hunter that got my number from another tracker since we were closer. He had taken a shot on a buck and it run out of the field into a strip of woods. He got down and they looked for blood but couldn’t find any. At that point they started walking around in the direction it went without finding anything.

We arrived and the dogs were at his buck very quickly. It had taken a turn inside the woods and went into a grown up area. Not a very lengthy track but had a very happy hunter.

Unfortunately I pulled his antler off dragging to the field edge but nothing that can’t be fixed.

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02/02/2026

Thankful for another tracker that passed a track yesterday since we were closer.

Buck was shot at 40 yds (after shooting part of the window frame of the shooting house) and was tracked for 150-200 yds before backing out. We gave it about 7 hours and hit the trail.

Slate had him stopped about 300 yds later. He broke and we were off again. Had to stop the dogs several times due to small properties (not a fan of at all) but he had him stopped 3 or 4 times and we just couldn’t finish the deal. Tight quarters with several houses around was making it tough. He finally broke and run through peoples yard and across the road onto a more wooded property.

It took a while to obtain permission to get on the property but once we finally did it was game over pretty quick.

Total track ended up about 1.25 miles.

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01/29/2026

Calls have been slow for us the past week but received one on the way home from work yesterday afternoon.

The buck was shot with a bow about 7AM and and there was not a very good blood trail but did get a pass through with a blood coated arrow. The hunter thought the shot looked high and back so he backed out and went back in the afternoon to look. Still could not follow a blood trail so him and a friend went to walking (I don’t recommend doing this…). After no luck they decided to look for a dog.

We arrived about 6:00 and made our way up the hill. The dogs struggled a little to pick up the track through the contaminated area but eventually made it about 400 yds to the DOA buck.

Took a little longer than it should (about 15 min track) but they worked through it. Season end is getting close, hit us up if you need any help.

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