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Longest tracking job
#2113057
05/12/17 05:52 PM
05/12/17 05:52 PM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 695 Somewhere
thirtyotsix
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4 point
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4 point
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What has been the the longest you have been on a blood trail? I have trailed one for probably a mile and a half before having to put one down. I will never forget the experience. Took 6 hours. Went from good blood, to needle drops, but sealed the deal.
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Re: Longest tracking job
[Re: thirtyotsix]
#2113134
05/13/17 02:24 AM
05/13/17 02:24 AM
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Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 6,230 somewhere around 112.
slippinlipjr
I make Calds fer a livin
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I make Calds fer a livin
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somewhere around 112.
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I tracked a buck for 1,150 yards one time according to google earth. Had to get permission from 3 different landowners. Never recovered the deer and none of the landowners ever did either to my knowledge. He had blood running down his front leg. And a lot of it. I followed that bloody track until I lost it in tall grass on a power line. Never jumped him up either.
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Re: Longest tracking job
[Re: thirtyotsix]
#2113229
05/13/17 06:00 AM
05/13/17 06:00 AM
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Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 9,956 Hampton Cove
foldemup
14 point
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14 point
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Posts: 9,956
Hampton Cove
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What was the distance IdahoMike and Lucy tracked that buck for Matt Brock? Seems like it was 5 miles or something like that.
If you want to always win, never play anyone better than you!
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Re: Longest tracking job
[Re: thirtyotsix]
#2113274
05/13/17 07:08 AM
05/13/17 07:08 AM
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Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 21,543 Awbarn, AL
CNC
Dances With Weeds
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Dances With Weeds
Joined: Jun 2012
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Awbarn, AL
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Not all, but many of the deer that go long distances are being pushed by the hunters. Deer that are hit hard will bed up quickly if you leave them alone.
The Corn Crash!!!
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Re: Longest tracking job
[Re: ColeT]
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05/15/17 02:46 AM
05/15/17 02:46 AM
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Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 21,543 Awbarn, AL
CNC
Dances With Weeds
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Dances With Weeds
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It’s really a little bit apples and oranges to compare dog versus human in this discussion. Not every track…..but with a good scent line and good conditions a dog could follow one as far as you want to go. Me and another hunter jumped a leg shot deer last year at the 400 yard mark and followed it in circles for close to 5 miles until it finally went over onto the neighbors. Given the room though, you could have taken that one 10 miles if that’s what you wanted to do…..or until either you, the dog, or the deer finally wear out.
Many hunters are doing the same thing. They just don’t know the deer is right out in front of them and they’re pushing the deer along like a beagle would. This is not meant to call anyone here out cause I hear it all the time when I go to track for folks. You’ll hear…..”But I gave it PLENTY of time before I tracked it. It was close to 2 hrs later!”…..Two hours is not long at all in these type situations. Assuming here that any of the deer we’re talking about on this thread weren’t smoked.....marginally hit deer......in which case, 2 hours ain’t much different than 2 minutes.
One of the last tracks I went on last year was a prime example of what deer often do on marginal shots. The hunter gut shot the buck really low with a bow and instead of tracking it…..he immediately backed out and called me for advice on how to proceed. I told him to give it until the next day and we’d go find it. When we tracked the deer we found where he bedded up at only 100 yards from the hit site and likely laid there for several hours at a minimum. It was long enough to leave a well-defined bed impression. From there the buck got up and moved another 200 yards before bedding again where we found him. That deer went a total of 300 yards but it could have very well been one that went 2 miles. The difference between the two is in the hunter’s approach to recovery.
Last edited by CNC; 05/15/17 02:50 AM.
The Corn Crash!!!
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Re: Longest tracking job
[Re: foldemup]
#2115046
05/15/17 03:35 PM
05/15/17 03:35 PM
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Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 1,331 Chelsea, Al
HOWTON21
8 point
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Posts: 1,331
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What was the distance IdahoMike and Lucy tracked that buck for Matt Brock? Seems like it was 5 miles or something like that. Matts deer went 3.2 miles by GPS and was still alive 8 hours after the shot. The longest track job and best dog work I've ever seen by far.
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Re: Longest tracking job
[Re: trox28]
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05/15/17 03:58 PM
05/15/17 03:58 PM
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Posts: 34,209 Boxes Cove
2Dogs
Freak of Nature
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About 2 miles and 6ish hours of good blood..Don't know how the hell that deer was still going but he was and I never found him.I watched him lay down for a few minutes and it looked like you had poured 5 gallons of blood out where he layed.Blood would get spotty at times but for the most part it was a good blood trail.Tough animals for sure.He was a big one too.Still makes me sick to think about it. Shot broad side through the brisket ?
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Re: Longest tracking job
[Re: thirtyotsix]
#2115126
05/15/17 04:32 PM
05/15/17 04:32 PM
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Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 39,377 Marshall County
FurFlyin
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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I started tracking one in 1992 and still haven't found him.
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
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Re: Longest tracking job
[Re: FurFlyin]
#2115349
05/16/17 03:58 AM
05/16/17 03:58 AM
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Posts: 12,052 Sylacauga, AL
poorcountrypreacher
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I started tracking one in 1992 and still haven't found him. Dang, I think that was the same year I shot one I been looking for since. It was the only deer I ever lost with my 7x30 Contender and he was the biggest buck I've ever seen on my place. He was chasing a doe the day after Thanksgiving, and stopped facing me at 50 yards. His knees buckled at the shot, but he didn't fall. He ran off hard and I expected to find him within 100 yds, but I didn't. Not surprising that there was no blood trail; the gun didn't have the power to shoot the bullet the full length of him and get an exit. I finally found blood 1/4 mile away where he crossed the road, and did at least have sense enough to back out and leave him for 2 hours. I would have waited longer, but it was nearly 80 degrees and I thought he was dead and the meat was spoiling. I had a good blood trail after he crossed the road, and jumped him in about 200 yds. If I'd had a brain in my head I'd have waited 8 hrs to follow again, but I didn't. Jumped him again after another 200 yds and never found another drop of blood and never saw him again. It still makes me sick to think about it. By far the worst blunder of my deer hunting career.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Re: Longest tracking job
[Re: 2Dogs]
#2115735
05/16/17 01:37 PM
05/16/17 01:37 PM
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Posts: 12,018 chilton co.
trox28
on probation
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on probation
Joined: Jan 2011
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About 2 miles and 6ish hours of good blood..Don't know how the hell that deer was still going but he was and I never found him.I watched him lay down for a few minutes and it looked like you had poured 5 gallons of blood out where he layed.Blood would get spotty at times but for the most part it was a good blood trail.Tough animals for sure.He was a big one too.Still makes me sick to think about it. Shot broad side through the brisket ? Only thing I can imagine.
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Re: Longest tracking job
[Re: poorcountrypreacher]
#2115746
05/16/17 02:00 PM
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Posts: 21,751 USA
Remington270
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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I started tracking one in 1992 and still haven't found him. Dang, I think that was the same year I shot one I been looking for since. It was the only deer I ever lost with my 7x30 Contender and he was the biggest buck I've ever seen on my place. He was chasing a doe the day after Thanksgiving, and stopped facing me at 50 yards. His knees buckled at the shot, but he didn't fall. He ran off hard and I expected to find him within 100 yds, but I didn't. Not surprising that there was no blood trail; the gun didn't have the power to shoot the bullet the full length of him and get an exit. I finally found blood 1/4 mile away where he crossed the road, and did at least have sense enough to back out and leave him for 2 hours. I would have waited longer, but it was nearly 80 degrees and I thought he was dead and the meat was spoiling. I had a good blood trail after he crossed the road, and jumped him in about 200 yds. If I'd had a brain in my head I'd have waited 8 hrs to follow again, but I didn't. Jumped him again after another 200 yds and never found another drop of blood and never saw him again. It still makes me sick to think about it. By far the worst blunder of my deer hunting career. That sounds rough. Maybe some of us can learn from your experience.
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Re: Longest tracking job
[Re: thirtyotsix]
#2115953
05/16/17 05:43 PM
05/16/17 05:43 PM
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Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 225 S.W.Georgia
trackncur
4 point
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4 point
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My dog Annie took one 5 miles as the crow flies one night across a big club and plantation. Crossed a river.Half way in I turned her loose to bay and she did once but he broke. A new fence on the back side of a huge cow pasture stopped her and we left and returned the next day to track 65 more yards and find the deer dead. This year I tracked one with his tongue shot out (his whole tongue was on the ground) for four miles. I couldn't turn my dog, Reba, loose to bay him because of a 4 lane and railroad. Relayed my friend's dog in on lead and he took it another 4 miles. Never got that one because we couldn't turn the dog loose. Forgot to add that Annie was 11 years old when she did this and there was a write up and picture of it in GON magazine.
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