Got a call around noon today to track a buck that had been shot yesterday afternoon just before dark. It was around 20 hrs old when we started tracking. This is one of the tougher tracks we’ve been on. The hunter and 3 other folks had looked for the buck until after midnight last night and jumped him up in the process. The hunter came back in this morning and searched again before giving up. The search area was bad mucked up.
It was the slowest I’ve ever seen Otis work. He was working so slow and meticulous that it was almost like watching a cat stalking through the woods. It took us close to 2 hours to work through the search area and go 650 yards to where the deer had expired. I was extremely happy with the patience Otis showed on this one. We never found another drop of blood. I couldn’t tell you for sure what Otis was tracking. It’s hard to tell in the pic but if you look close you can see the ruffed up hair where the deer was shot in the hind quarter. The arrow had just barely penetrated into the gut. It was still stuck in the deer when we found it but the hunter had pulled it out by the time we snapped a pic.
BTW……The hunter’s story before tracking is that he thought he had hit it right behind the shoulder.
Also, a shout out to loprofile for referring the hunter to me. Thank you sir...
