Thankfully have never needed one but I understand most work for tips only. How much do you guys tip them? I would imagine $100 or more would be appropriate due to them having to respond at a moments notice, gas costs, etc. Maybe more for a tough track. Whatdya say?

$100 twice but havent seen a buck yet. Our fault, not the dogs.

A Benjamin...

Gave 150 this yr dog did his job i didnt

I track for tips and I have been handed anywhere from 30-200. But the avg is a 100

Dumb question.
Is it strictly cash or will people do stuff like paypal/zelle/venmo etc??

I’m sure they take it all. Most folks won’t take cash planning on tipping for a dog.

I had no idea what to pay and never expected him to say he works off donations and if I would not hav had dead deer each time I would not hav paid as much

Art Powers out of Selma - dog was great - he had to travel hour first time and prob 80 miles second - first track hard - second we could hav found by ourselves - huge blood trail but my son needed his fist pump moment badly and I was trying to ensure success
$200 first track
$225 second

Ya, my thinking also.
It's rare I have $20 let alone enough to provide an adequate payment.

I ve been paid cash, check and paypal

I’ve paid as little as $150 and up to $300 depending on circumstances.

$20? Dang, if i don't have at least $800 to a 1k in my pocket, then i just don't feel normal lol.

It’s rare I have cash on me.

I don’t carry a lot of cash usually. Idaho Mike found my biggest, at the time, 4-5 years ago. My dad and I scraped up all they cash on us and I paid my dad back. I think it was around $140. If we would’ve had more, I would’ve kept giving.

It ain't just plum about the money if I end up Feb 11 with enough to cover my vet bills, dog food and buy a lil gas I'm good. And knowing I helped a hunter be successful that may or may not have turned out good without the dog I'm happy. And recovered a animal that would otherwise go to waste or feed a mangy coyote.

I called a guy out a week and a half or so ago. I shot a big buck, didn’t feel great about the shot. ( next day I found my scope out of whack). Shot the gun prior to season and into season and it was fine. Don’t know what happened.

Either way, I called the guy about coming the next day, he offered and wanted to come that night. At 9pm we started the track.. at 330am, 3 miles later and after hiking from the very top of skyline to the bottom of the Mtn, we called it quits and was back at the truck. I was super impressed with the dog, but unfortunately we didn’t recover the deer. After finding the first few pools of blood within a hundred yards of the shot, I would have guaranteed the deer be dead.

I handed the guy 200 and felt like a bum only paying him that. It was all I had on me.

A man could offer me 3k cash right now to go to our property tonight. Start at 9pm, track across a few creeks, across a road, across our whole property, across the neighbors property, drop over 1k feet of elevation through bluff country and limestone rocks (all while the fog set in as thick as could be) and turn around and walk back to the truck.....and I would tell them to shove that money.

He said normally he charges 75, but I couldn’t make myself short him like that.

I’ll tell you this though, he and his dog sure did seem to enjoy every minute of the agony we went through. LOL

Brad Whitmire is his name and I would recommend him to anyone ever needing a dog.

150 and enjoyed watching the dog go to work. I’ve recommended him to two other guys in our club and so far he’s 3 for 3

My sons first buck I called a dog because of a high shot, dog showed up at 9, deer was on the back of the keep by 9:45. Tracker told me no charge just glad he can help and I insisted to pay him, he wouldn’t take the money because he said his dog was young . I walked over and stuck a 50 in his seat of his truck, while he was loading the dog. Would have have whatever he wanted

I accept a wide range of payment methods......

I've called one. Told me if they didn't find the deer I wouldn't owe them anything. Didn't find it.