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11/03/2026

Skunk boy took a track today for another team that couldn’t get there. Hit-Em-Back Tracking.
No arrow and no blood! Silo took the track 300 and jumped the buck. Had okay blood for 100 yards. Then went to drops then to smears. Classic high shoulder shot. Silo tried racing him however stopped after a few hundred yards. I was really bummed he wasn’t dead at the 300 yards mark.

11/03/2026

Well once again I made the mistake!!
When I tell you it’s hard to read silo and trust him at the same time I’m not being overly dramatic. Had him on lead because there was the possibility of this buck being alive! Also I’ve been on this farm plenty of times to understand the deer density is extremely high. Also I made another mental mistake by thinking I knew where this deer was heading. Silo takes me along a wide open field edge and he was not nose down at all. I instantly thought he’s winding something far away.
Regardless I follow him. Also I have the search party following and this only adds more pressure to me. Let me be clear these hunters are more like family than friends. So I’m not that stressed over it however knowing the caliber of deer had me concerned silo was incorrect as no one was finding blood. As we go SE I see some deer and assumed that’s what Silo was smelling. Here comes another issue that I’m learning about Silo, Once I stop silo he stops and starts looking for something else. In this case it was a skunk.
He’s not that hard headed to continue tracking the deer. I’ve noticed this when we stop to try and get property permissions.
From now on I’m going to ask everyone to stay put until I find confirmation. Going to trust him out to 800 yards and then make a decision about doing a restart.
My only option is to blindly trust and ask the hunters to stay at last blood and try to continue blood trailing in hopes it’s the same direction as silo and if not I’ll bring him back and restart.
I stopped silo approximately 120 yards from the deer. So happy the deer was found and this also gave me evidence silo was correct.
The last three deer we have tracked didn’t bleed at all. All 3 the hide slide over the holes keeping 99% of the blood internally.
For those that have seen silo work you get it🤣

The good and the bad I’ll talk about it.
I strive to be perfect and I hate to disappoint and I’m clearly in my own way with silo.

I did try Sarg and he wasn’t interested. I’m leaving him home from now on so I can put 💯 attention towards silo.
Sarg for the most part is retired.
Yes I dispatched the skunk!!

11/03/2026

Not accepting any tracks at the moment, Silo got sprayed by a skunk.

11/02/2026

The Hoonigan buck finally floated up after the Friday night rice.

11/02/2026

Here is the Hoonigan with the Hoonigan Buck!!
A 2 mile race!!
Silo followed him to the T however the Hoonigan lost when he cheated and swam out into the lake.
Just drove 40 minutes to get your pic because silo earned it.
Congrats Alan. Hell of a buck!!!

11/02/2026

Congrats Kristen.
Her very first deer, so happy we could assist and be a part of her hunt.
They waited a couple hours to start tracking and the blood trail was tough to follow and they made it a few hundred yards. Standing next to a pot hole thicket they heard what they believe was the buck alive and backed out. This morning they found blood in the thicket and a little bit leaving it. I brought the boys in and instantly I can tell Sarg is struggling. These dry conditions are tough for his old nose.
Silo is doing okay however his circles are huge. However he ends up in the pot hole thicket. Then he exits to the left and shortly afterwards he jumps 3 does. I quickly shut that down and he returns. Then takes me into the field and into a phragmite swamp. He jumps another deer and this time it was different. He looses his mind and is struggling to line out the scent trail. I push my way into the thicket and it’s nearly impossible to find anything: I quickly stop silo as I’m not seeing anything. Deer was shot at 4pm. and now It’s 10 am. It’s 18 hours later and we’re not expecting to find the deer alive. Now Sarg is done so I take him back to the car. I’m fairly certain it’s time to retire him. I’ll give him some time off and hopefully get some rain and see how he does. Lately he’s been struggling.
So now silo is on his own and he works the east side of the phragmites and we end up 200 yards down wind of the phragmites when silo air scented the buck. He goes straight to him!! The buck literally just died and now I’m very certain this is the deer silo jumped as it’s the exact direction the deer ran.
The hide had slide over the entrance hole and exit hole leaving me no evidence to confirm what the Hoonigan was doing.
It was a very ugly track and I told Kristen I’m not leaving till we find him.
No style bonus points today however I’m very thankful we figured it out.
Another client saying thank you and I would not have found it without your help

Kalkal
William Buckingham, Whitetail Properties Land Specialist
Castlebar Lake Lodge
Brenden Miller- Icon Mortgage
Wrenn Construction
Fluid Graphics
Hoonigan

11/02/2026

Since its been a long time since we had any rain has made for difficult scenting conditions!! I’ve spoke with multiple trackers and tracks teams should not be struggling on has teams extremely struggling. Then add all the new leaves falling as another layer of difficulty.

My point to this is please be patient while the dogs problem solve.
Please call as soon as you know you need help!!
We desperately need a soaker rain.

11/01/2026

Devin knew his shot exited back.
Follow the line she ran for a little ways and didn’t see any blood.
Deer ran on to the neighbors he had to wait till they were done hunting in the morning.
I told Devin I would be happy to come for a DOEnation.
321 yards in 12 minutes silo found her.
We only spotted one spot of blood.
I can say Devin had a high probability of finding her by grid searching the weeded area. She did die in thick weeds and could have missed her!! Regardless he elected for the insurance policy and has no regret letting silo find her!!

11/01/2026

No reasons not to tell the truth.
1st track. No dog was actually needed! However 20 yards from the dead deer silo took off on a live deer! Knowing where the deer was dead I restarted silo. He took back off on the live deer 2 more times.
3rd restart I took him past the HOT SCENT LINE and then he went straight to the deer.
No pics no money accepted.
This is reality and what should have been super easy ending up being and a good training lesson.

Text comes in with confirmation a deer we tracked was alive ❤️

2nd track was the clean bolt that I felt wasn’t dead. Deer was recovered and truthfully I feel because the coyotes killed him. However it’s possible the shot did🤷🏻

3rd track. No bolt however a heavy blood trail for 50 yards then nothing!!!
Neither dog showed any interest in the track. I did take the dogs almost everywhere I possibly could without any sign and dogs were never interested.

4th track. Deer was accidentally shot with the rage practice head.
Track was 25 hours old. Sarg went first and showed zero interest. Silo did what silo does and he also lost interest.
The deer was found 20 yards from the hit site in tall weeds closer to the hunter stand!! The start of the track was upwind of the deer and we started in the direction the hunter believed he seen the deer run. Well it wasn’t his buck so instantly my dogs were not in any scent!!!
I can admit I would not have looked the 20 yards in that direction the deer was found because of the video they had of a buck running away. The buck in the video was most definitely a different deer. Unfortunately luck for my team. I figured the day old scent and no blood made it too difficult for the dogs. What made it too difficult was not ever getting the dogs on scent!!! Rage practice tip killed deer and it ran 20 yards and died in tall weeds.
No money was accepted. However the hunter did Venmo me a very nice donation 🙏

I will say Sarg will not track unless it’s a dead deer and he has scent.
Every live deer he refuses to track. This is a positive read for me however frustrating because I can’t prove anything. A few of these live deer tracks silo has stepped up and found the bucks alive.
Rollercoaster day and my emotions were all over the place.

10/31/2026

Well I can ADMIT I TOLD THE HUNTER I truly don’t believe your deer is dead!!!

Only fat on 1 vein and one side of the bolt.

Zero blood at the hit site.

I follow Sarg as he slowly problem solves the line. I find a tiny speck of blood at 50 yards We go another 75 yards and Sarg wants to get over the fence! We found a gap to get around the fence and get Sarg back on the deer run. I find one drop of blood.

I know this hunter and he kept asking for peace of mind!!

Even tho I was 💯 convinced the deer wasn’t dead I showed up and let’s see what the nose knows.

20 yards beyond the fence George says theirs my deer!!!

I was completely shocked!!!
His bolt hit it over the top of the spine!
Coyote had eaten up the one side so we couldn’t see the entrance hole.
The exit hole was as high as you can get without grazing the deer!!

So the buck bleed 99.9% internally or the coyotes killed him!!!
We will never know what truly killed him and I’m fairly certain this type of shot will not have this same outcome in my lifetime.

Regardless I’m happy my team gave my client peace of mind!!

Wrenn Construction
Kalkal
William Buckingham, Whitetail Properties Land Specialist
Brenden Miller- Icon Mortgage
Fluid Graphics
Castlebar Lake Lodge

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Linden, MI
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