I feel like we’re suddenly snake bit. Otis is tracking great but the cards just aren’t falling our way. This was very likely a leg hit. The hunter said the deer took off running and did a flip….got back up to run and fell down again. He had pushed the deer just about as far as he could before giving up. They had brought in a Weimaraner pet to try to track as well as driving a rhino all over the area we were trying to search. Otis dug it out though and progressed the track a few hundred yards before coming to a spot he was having to work over. Suddenly the wind shifted and he just took off like he had been shot out of a cannon. No sooner than he got out of my sight good then he cut loose barking on bay. I started easing his way just in time to see the deer break and run. We were bumped right up against a paved road with cars steadily going by so that was pretty much all she wrote. It just wasn't a big enough area for us to be able to freely run. It sucks when that happens but it's just part of it I suppose.
Otis is tracking great but the cards just aren’t falling our way. This was very likely a leg hit. The hunter said the deer took off running and did a flip….got back up to run and fell down again. He had pushed the deer just about as far as he could before giving up. They had brought in a Weimaraner pet to try to track as well as driving a rhino all over the area we were trying to search. Otis dug it out though and progressed the track a few hundred yards before coming to a spot he was having to work over. Suddenly the wind shifted and he just took off like he had been shot out of a cannon. No sooner than he got out of my sight good then he cut loose barking on bay. I started easing his way just in time to see the deer break and run. We were bumped right up against a paved road with cars steadily going by so that was pretty much all she wrote. It just wasn't a big enough area for us to be able to freely run. It sucks when that happens but it's just part of it I suppose.
