LUCKY!! Is what I am! Getting all these tracka close to home! Got a call earlier for a track. Hunter said he shot a doe but couldn't find any blood. Felt like he hit her with his second shot as she was running out the field. He was right. I had Sparks collar on before I got out the truck. I took her to where the deer went in the growed up field and she was off. I went back and put my briar bibs on and walked back down and she was on the deer. Went about 60 yards in this growed up field of pine, briars and sage. I didn't go down the trail where she went to look for blood. There was a little bit where she bedded down tho. I didn't even get cold lol.


I didn't bring the camera because the guy wasn't sure he'd even hit the deer and because you wouldnt be able to see at night anyways. Now I need one of yall goobs to leg shoot one tomorrow so I can get some footage!! JK.

Here's her filming apparatus

Very cool!

I know you are close by to Spark when trailing, but that camera hanging down looks like it would possibly hang up on a fence or a vine.

I thought it was supposed to mount on top of her back???

It will mount on back or chest. I figured mounting it on her chest wouldn't get in her way as bad. I've watched her crawl under briars and stuff and figured being back mounted would hang up more. She's not in any danger of it getting caught up on something. The camera mount would break as strong as she is. I bought a cheap one off Amazon just in case that's what happened.

I’m interested in seeing how it works out. I’ve looked and looked at ‘em but just never pulled the trigger. The mount on top of the back needs to be spring loaded so if the camera catches a limb or vine it’ll flex backwards and give some. I think you would likely get better footage on the back mount….especially in thick grass or something like that.

I believe so to CNC. I done a test run of it on her chest and the footage has a side to side action about it from her shoulder movement. If I get in a more open place to track, I'll probably mount it on top. That camera is an Akasa 7000? It can with alot of different attachments and 2 batteries. I bought a 64GB card and the dog mount and it was around 120 bucks.

I never clicked on this thread until last night. I assumed it was a list of North Alabama trackers

You should have named it the adventures of spark and I would’ve been following your thread all along! These are the best threads going during hunting season, keep the stories coming!

Can't wait to see some video!

I went on what is now my favorite track so far last night. The track was referred to me by another tracker up here. My wife and I left last night around 8:15 and got there around 9. We went to the hit site and turned Spark out. She sorts thru last blood and she's off. She makes a hard right about 50 yards past last blood and she's working away. We haven't seen another drop of blood for a while and she ends up just losing it. I had a suspicion she got off on a hot line so I restarted her.

I took her past where she made the hard right and she's working another line. I'm thinking this is it, she's on him now. She goes a couple hundred yards and gets a deer up. She runs it out to 215 and turns around. She got off on another hot line, dang it. I checked all around where she got the deer up and found no blood.

So we're walking back to the truck and my head's low because she's just embarrassed me. I happen to see a drop of blood. I look on my Alpha and she's track thru here so I follow her route. I found more blood, more blood, ok we're good now.

She takes this line at a hard left from the general direction we started from and went straight down the side of the mtn. I feel like she's on it even tho she let me down twice already. I go about 150 yards down the mtn and I hear him get up. She's right on his butt. I wanted to make double sure she was on the right deer this time and I follow her line. I find blood at the bottom of the ridge. She runs the buck straight up the other side of the hill to the top and turns around at the gate where we entered the property and comes back to us.

I hike back out to the truck and tell the hunter what is happening. We decide to drive back to the gate and see what she does from there. We get out and go to where she turned around and she takes the track again, so I follow. I start finding a little blood along the way and then I focus on trying to keep up with her. She crosses the county road, goes thru a guys yard, and tries crossing a fence but can't make it over. Hunter makes it up there to me and I tell him that I don't think the odds of us finding this deer are good. He's already made it about 1700 yards from the shot and he hasn't held up yet. I took him to where the deer crossed the fence and we decide to just see what she does across the fence. We end up at another fence, find blood and I can see that we're coming up on the brow of the mtn. I felt like the buck would be laying up there and thought it might be best to let him lay up the rest of the night. The hunter and I make the decision to come back this morning.

By the time I get home and get in bed, its nearly 2 AM. I turn around and get up at 6 and head back out there. We take Spark to where we pulled out last night and cut her loose. She takes it again and is gone. I'm steadily keeping up with her and we hit the woods and go about 60 yards in and I hear him get up. I was right! He laid down there right on the brow of the mtn. Sparks on his butt again. She takes him about 200 yards and he bays up. I felt like Usain Bolt running thru the woods there, but it was probably more along the speed of a sun dial lol. The buck breaks and is gone before we can get close enough. She runs him another 200 yards and he bays again. Here we go again. We get over this little hill and there's a pond there. She's got the buck bayed in the mouth of this pond. I tell the hunter to shoot and I call Spark off. He pops a round in him when she's clear and puts an end to all of it. Or so I thought.

You see, this was the GoPro's mayden voyage. I was pumped up to see the footage. I mean, she bayed the buck twice, and was head to head with him at the end. I get up to where she's at and the GoPro is gone! SonofA! I start back tracking trying to find it while the hunter goes to get his 4wheeler. I walk all the way back to the truck and haven't found it yet. We fished the guys buck out of the pond and we strike out to find the GoPro. It takes us about an hour or so. We found it where she bayed the buck the first time. I'm thinking at least we got some footage. Wrong, I get home like a kid at Christmas excited to watch this footage and Sparks DA owner forgot to turn it on! What a maroon! I did take my camcorder and I have some footage. Its not very good and I'll probably make a little something out of it but yall will have to forgive my filming tactics lol.

Forgot to mention, congrats to the hunter. I'm glad we gave it 110% and she got a chance to redeem herself.

I bet that was an exciting track. I don't won't to wound one but if I do I'll be like a kid in the candy store waiting on you to get here.

It will take a while to get the bugs out of that thing, but at least Spark got her buck.

I'm sure she's a great tracker but that's the ugliest dog I've seen in some time. Looks like she ought to be in the Australian Outback stealing babies.


JUST KIDDING. (Sort of), lol. Great stories. Keep 'em coming.

My ol lady said(says) the same thing until I changed her mind

Give her a break she was having a bad hair day!

Glad you found the camera!

Where was the buck originally hit?

Arm pit. Went in low behind the leg and came out in front of the leg.

You Idot! Glad you guys found the buck, but sure wanted to see some video!