2020 Deer Recoveries

[Oklahomabassin]

That’s awesome!! Do you want calls for downed deer for training purposes? Or do you have plenty of that already?


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What area are you in? I am in good shape this year, although first of season next year, a easy track for a tune up couldn't hurt. I know of another local tracker that asked for an easy track during MZ season and I was able to send one his way.

Nice work! Just curious, any idea which caliber keeps you the busiest?

Expandable broad heads. I won't use one. Not gonna argue with you about it.

Do you follow up tracking wounded deer with shooting lessons? Lol
That's pretty kool!

Lol No, and sometimes I even say, I am glad I don't have to drag that deer out!

That's good stuff!!

Thank you!

 

[Oklahomabassin]

Good job with you and jax going after lost deer. It has to be a rewarding experience when the hunter and dog connect with the downed animal.

Thank you! Absolutely! I had a Dad send me a picture of his 10 year old son with the skull of his first buck and a heartfelt thank you after picking his son up from school. Might have gotten something in my eye...

A grown man racing Jax to his buck that was visible about 60 yards away after I pointed to it and said there it is. Jax had smelled it out and started pulling more excitedly which usually indicates to me that the deer is close.

 

[SnowCamo]

Expandable broad heads. I won't use one. Not gonna argue with you about it.

You won’t find them on the end of my arrows.

 

[dennishoddy]

You won’t find them on the end of my arrows.

Nor mine.

 

[2busy]

I had a beagle that would track pretty good. I would often walk from the house to go hunt. It never dawned on me that I should chain the dog up. Probably walked a half mile or so one day and got settled in to wait for any deer. I hunt on the ground so after a little while I hear some rustling in the leaves. Not uncommon to hear squirrels but it was getting louder and getting closer. Only thing is it's behind me and I don't want to spook whatever it is. Finally It is getting so close I have to spin around before it is on top of me. It was that beagle. Guess he wanted to know where I went. LoL I sure miss that dog. I have a ceramic dog painted up and a little collar with his name on it.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

I had a beagle that would track pretty good. I would often walk from the house to go hunt. It never dawned on me that I should chain the dog up. Probably walked a half mile or so one day and got settled in to wait for any deer. I hunt on the ground so after a little while I hear some rustling in the leaves. Not uncommon to hear squirrels but it was getting louder and getting closer. Only thing is it's behind me and I don't want to spook whatever it is. Finally It is getting so close I have to spin around before it is on top of me. It was that beagle. Guess he wanted to know where I went. LoL I sure miss that dog. I have a ceramic dog painted up and a little collar with his name on it.
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That is cute!

 

[DRC458]

I would love to watch Jax work! I just love watching good dogs of any type do their job. Thanks for your service!

 

[O4L]

I would love to watch Jax work! I just love watching good dogs of any type do their job. Thanks for your service!

I would too but I would need a SxS to keep up with him.

 

[huntemup]

Awesome dog!

I know nothing about tracking deer with dogs here in Oklahoma so this is an honest question. Is a 50/50 chance of recovery what one should expect using a tracking dog?

I don't know why but that kind of surprises me. I was thinking that the recovery rate average would be higher. If a dog only has a 50/50 chance what chance does a human have.

The numbers are actually lower than that but not neccesarily because the dogs arent doing their part. People don’t spend enough time shooting and their shot placement is lacking. Even when they are good shots, they take bad shots at deer that are not positioned correctly to do mortal damage.

As a consequence, there are a lot of wounded deer that survive the season or at least several days after being shot due to hunters not being so good at killing.

The best tracking dog in the world isn’t gonna fix that problem, so his dogs success rate this year is remarkable all things considered.

Good job, jax!


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[retrieverman]

Needing a tracking dog has become an epidemic. What did all these folks do before it was legal?!?

I know sh*t can happen, and anyone can lose a deer. It happened to me this year for the first time since I was a kid, and I’m still sick about it.

I agree with Huntemup in that many hunters today are not adequately prepared to shoot at a live animal, because they haven’t spend enough time practicing shooting at a target. I don’t know how you fix that, because there’s really no accountability.

As far as the rate of success in recovery, I believe there are a few trackers that won’t take a track unless it’s a “slam dunk” there by making their success rate higher, and it gives them more “street cred” for self promotion. I could name names, but I won’t. Oklahomabassin is NOT one of them.