12/17/2025
Had a call yesterday to look for a doe that had been shot with a .308. The hunter said that when he shot, she dropped and laid there for about 5 minutes. Then he looked back and she was walking straight away from him.
There was a fair amount of blood at the site of the shot but that was it.
I figured that it was a “back whack” and told him that not many are recovered when that happens.
Let the boys out and they immediately got in a line headed in the direction that the hunter said the deer went.
About 250 yards out Reno barked and then the chase was on!
After almost 3 miles, I figured that the dogs would give up and come back, but to my surprise, they showed to be bayed on the Garmin Alpha 200. I had the hunter and his cousin go and get the golf cart they had and meet me where the dogs location was 550 yards away .
The boys just about finished her before I made it to them.
They did a great job on an almost bloodless 3 mile long track.
#70 for the year. And I couldn’t be more proud of them.