Dixieland Deer Tracking

Muzz and me helped a young man out tonight

Love it. Thanks !

Track number 2 was a high shoulder shot with a crossbow. Jumped the deer about 500 yards into the track. The dogs came back to me after running it 1.75 miles. I'm sure he'll live to see another day.

Track number 3 was for Jono 23 buddy in New Hope. Live deer that the dogs chased around 1/2 a mile and bayed. Track number 4 was for a buddy. Never could catch up to her

Thanks for sharing

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Track number 5
The young man accidentally shot through the ground blind and pretty sure the swacker broadhead opened at that point. Hit the deer very low as you can see in the pic. Started tracking at 13hrs and jumped him about 500 yards away. The dogs ran him and the briars eventually opened him up. He crossed some people's yard so we had to get permission. They didn't believe us till I showed them a speck of blood about 20 yards from the porch. We found him about 200 yards dead in a briar patch

Dang it man! That poor rascal suffered his last hours.

Good job

The Penny’s are good people.

Heck yea they are

Track number 6 was a doe in Athens. She was shot at 8 this morning. We started tracking her at 3 and by 3:15 she was bayed in a creek 1/8th of a mile away. We were able to dispatch her and end it.

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Dang it man.......the low hit on that buck is one nasty looking wound.

After 2 miles of running in Briars it was about gutted

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Very cool what y’all do for folks!

Congrats man, you're doing an awesome job

Been tracking a monster in New Market all morning. Finally laid eyes on him. He had a limp on his front right leg but can't catch him. Got permission to cross several properties and met some nice folks atleast.

This deer was shot Tuesday morning. They jumped him Tuesday evening and again this morning around 10. The dogs went straight to him laid up dead with the meat still good

I hate to see one go to waste. Good job on the recovery.

Nice un...that kicker on the inside is unique

I thought so to

John, was that deer shot in the leg or was that leg broke?

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That was the entrance. The arrow stayed in him. It hit the liver and sliced his stomach. I'm guess the arrow glanced off the bone and went in. What it looked like to me anyway

Congrats on the recovery!

That's two happy dogs. It's amazing to see how much they enjoy working to please the feller that feeds them. I like my Boykin but you can't beat a good cur dog in my opinion but I am partial to the Original Mt Curs. How do they line up to the German Shepards you grew up with?

I never tracked with German Sheppards but the ones I grew up were natural herding dogs and very aggressive guard dogs. They didn't play around with anyone up to no good. Muzz is part black mouth curr and part redbone. He's probably my once in a lifetime dog. Wish I had 10 more exactly like him. My other dog in the picture is a Catahoula. I got her from a retired game warden in Montana. He promised me she'd be the best dog I've ever had. She is right with Muzz, I couldn't ask for anything else out of her for such a young dog.

Most of the OMC's are very protective and don't play with strangers (human or other dogs) on the place when it comes to protecting kids and some adults. I was curious if you saw some of the same with the catahoula and black mouth. My brother has a German Shepard mix pup that comes from a cow dog line and it reminds me of the OMC's when it comes to protecting the house. It's a little more protective of the area than our curs but they were more straight forward attitude when a dog or stranger got around kids. The GS acts more by positioning itself vs straight up that's as far as you need to come attitude and grit.

Very cool stuff. Thanks for sharing and all the hard work that you are putting in to recovering deer.

Funny you say that but neither of my OMC’s have a mean bone in their body. My blackmouth Ids little more aggressive but not by much.

This is a most enjoyable thread.

Keep it going...

Well tracked two today, both doe. First one was barely grazed and we finally called it off. 2nd one was dang rough. Brisket shot we finally caught up to. I was exhausted so didn't take pictures worth a crap.
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Thank goodness you do what you do.Had no idea how many crappy shots there were out there.

I know things happen but need to spend a little time at the range!

This for sure!

Well believe it or not the fellers neighbors shot the deer with a rifle. It crossed to his side and he tried to shoot her moving with a bow when he saw how bad hurt she was. After finding the deer he had also over compensated for her walking/running and hit her in the brisket. The neighbors told him if we found her that he could just keep her for the trouble. It all worked out atleast.

Nice thread - went on my first dog track last year - pretty awesome

Muzz and Cotton loaded up another nice 8pt in Meridianville this morning

Nice 8pt in Anniston today. Shot quartered away hard with a bow. Arrow came out of his brisket. They waited about an hour to look for him. They jumped him around 300 yards in. We found him 1/4 of a mile away dead. Hit a artery going to his heart but missed everything else.

Way to go! Great dog work.

👍👍 great job ! I know some hunters are happy .

Excellent

I love this stuff. More more more more !!

Amazing stuff! Glad you are doing what your are doing. Those bucks are trophies and glad none of those deer were meals for yotes!

Ol dark face Calhoun Co. Mountain Buck.... Pretty work johnv.... I know that ol boy and he must be too give out to smile....

be warned its addictive, most of the time I will leave the stand to go look for someone elses deer.

Sure was a bad night to swim a beaver pond with dogs bayed out in the middle. Bastard broke away and never slowed down after that.

Tracked this deer for 4 hours last night before we finally caught up to him. I shot him and he dove off in some water and sunk like a rock. We tried swimming after him last night but got way to cold. The young man went back and got him this morning. It was a low leg shot. Deer lost alot of blood and was weak

Nice recovery!

Thanks

Just noticed my spelling, sorry haven't slept in 48hours after last night and I'm struggling

Ive got in the river for less

Very good buck 👍🏻

Found a doe for a guy in lacey springs but forgot to take pictures

Was that big buck in a river or a pond?

Who went swimming for it that night?

It was a big swamp with a creek. The 13 year old went in after him a couple times. We ended up waist deep in water crossing a creek several times. About drowned out a side by side also.

Muzz and my plott hound pup cricket slapped the brakes on another leg shot deer in Elkmont for a young man earlier

Nice!.......I've had two leg shots back to back now.......Got the first one and second never checked up.

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Leg shots have been very popular the last few tracks for sure

johnv don’t mess around. I hope the people that you track for appreciate that level of effort.
Congrats on putting another one on the tailgate.

Takes alot to catch some of these for sure. I only accept tips but alot of times its more than I ever would of asked for.

Good job man, looks like you toting a few battle scars yourself

Recovered this deer for a older gentleman i tracked for a few years ago. The deer only made it about 200 yards off the field but crossed a creek, swamp, and through some thick briars. Never found a drop of blood and it had a big chunk of fat blocking the exit

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Recovered this deer earlier. It was a high leg shot that grazed the brisket on the exit. Those mountains kicked my butt

Where was this one hit?

Awesome thread!!

Another about 400 yards in the pouring rain. Glad he was dead because I'm exhausted

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High spine and into the guts

Tracked a deer at 12 today that was shot at 4 yesterday evening. The rain and snow didn't slow the dogs down none. They bayed him 3 times found a few drops of blood. He ended up swimming a big creek on us and we called it. Man a dogs nose is something else though

Anybody got johnv’s number?

256-200-5613

Thank you

Your welcome

Heck yeah

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High leg shot this morning for a young man. Dogs went straight to him and held him bayed till we could get close enough. No swimming involved 😆

A front leg shot deer in the rain made me realize covid is still somewhat kicking my butt.

I really enjoy this thread, well done.

Had the craziest track I've ever had today. Over 24hr gut shot we thought. Muzz went way to far without finding a bed for it to be normal. Ended up walking around for over 2hrs watching Muzz work through this track. Found one spot the ground was tore up from what looked like him moving around trying to get comfortable but no blood. We went way past that and finally decided to do a restart. Tried that twice and came up empty nothing at all. Decided to go back to the first place Muzz took us. We worked at that for over another hour slowly circling back from where we parked the truck. Eventually the guy I was tracking for had enough and thought maybe the deer was alive and well so we called it. Start walking to the truck and Muzz takes off opening like a bat outta hell. A doe jumps up and takes off then the buck stands up and takes off. We pop him again he ran about 50 yards and piled up dead. The shot high in the shoulder was the 2nd shot. I have no idea how this deer was still alive and chasing doe's but he was

Great job and I'm sure these guys really appreciate what you and your dogs do. Nothing like good dog work.

Should have gotten at least one lung and liver. That’s pretty crazy

Nicked the liver, I have no idea how he was alive

That’s weird for sure, they are tough critters

What caliber?

270 not sure what bullet

Well after chasing 3 live ones and not being able to stop them ill take a easy 250 yard track.
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I hate chasing them live ones!
Keep the stories coming John.

This deer was shot in the back leg. He was quartering towards the hunter and he shot low clipping his back leg. Easy brake check job on a nice 8pt

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That’s a nice buck.
Good looking dogs, too

Thanks

I know that guy.

Muzz and Cotton working hard again this morning

Man, y’all are loading them up.

Recovered this deer earlier. Took the dogs about 5 minutes to bay him up. It was gut shot and didn't realize it. Should of gave him a few more hours but atleast we put him out of misery

Recovered this one a few nights ago. It was a long track with coyotes pushing him.

Damn. Those coyotes were starving.

Dang it man....it's crazy how fast the yotes can clean one up......Nice job!