have been super busy,we started tracking yesterday at11:30 am tracked all through the day and nite.last track ended at 5:30 am this morning,with a 2.5 hr drive back to motel,we walked into our room at around 8 am,wierd day,every deer had to be caught alive/bayed,seems to go in streaks,one day all deer recovered will be found dead,next day they will be all alive,lucy has recovered 118 deer this season with 42 caught alive,all deer that were caught alive were mortally wounded would have been left out in the woods to suffer and have a agonizing death,ive seen some take 8 days to die,seems gangerine gets them often.the two pups im training are coming along great.both have found a few deer on their own,tough working young dogs,I am a firm believer in not tracking with a young dog off leash until their third season/3 yrs old,on the 3rd season I use a half on half off system,makes for a dog you can trust not to run off game or non wounded deer,that is why we are trusted to track in high fence places with high deer population,,