The biggest mistake a hunter can make is trying to track or look for his/her wounded deer to early and pushing their deer beyond the means of blood tracking capability's. The other major mistake is over searching an area and creating a large contaminated area or false disturbance. When in doubt back out and call in a professional handler and tracking dog ASAP. Always try to mark the trail with high visible tape or TP and try to the best of your knowledge help navigate the handler to the last known blood spot or wound bed.
Deer tracking service
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Deer tracking dogs Tips
The biggest mistake a hunter can make is trying to track or look for his/her wounded deer to early and pushing their deer beyond the means of blood tracking capability's. The other major mistake is over searching an area and creating a large contaminated area or false disturbance. When in doubt back out and call in a professional handler and tracking dog ASAP. Always try to mark the trail with high visible tape or TP and try to the best of your knowledge help navigate the handler to the last known blood spot or wound bed.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Q&A About tracking deer with dogs
Q1: Can your dogs track deer after it has rain?
A1: yes, As long as their is no major erosion. Simply put if your deer has ran along side of a hill and it has been raining then the scent will be washed down the hill, with that being said our dogs will have to pick up the scent line a few feet or yards downward of the original line. (In some cases the scenting conditions could total be washed out) Our job as a handler is to move forward and assist the hounds and reconnect the lines.
A2: If has been very dry out and we receive rain this will definitely improve scenting conditions. Dry weather in some ways the most difficult conditions for our hounds to track in. In order for a tracking dog to smell the scent line the scent needs to evaporate. Evaporation process is at it slowest under very dry conditions.
A3: Michigan deer track'n hounds are able to track up to 30 hours after the shot.(each hunting scenario will have different success rates)
Q2: Do your dogs need blood to recover my Trophy buck?
A1: No, but blood definitely helps. Our tracking dogs scent trail your deer in many different ways. The first way is the interdigital scent gland in the deer hooves(4) GO BACK TO THE HOME PAGE AND READ MORE ABOUT THE INTERDIGITAL SCENT GLAND. Second way is the deer hair follicle's and or dander/skin cells. The third way would be the disturbed earth, The earth soil is loaded with all kinds of MOLD and MINERALS when a animal takes a step it will disturb the soil and our dogs are able to piece the time line together and recover your trophy.
Q3:Does Michigan deer trackn hounds track with two dogs on the same scent line?
A1: No, We have our tracking dogs on a thirty foot lead at all times. It would just be to difficult to handle two dogs at the same time. As a handle there is a lot going on while tracking your trophy. We have to read our dogs body language such as the dogs speed and how the dogs is their nose with the wind. Communicate with the hunter and pay attention looking for deer sign (blood,hair etc.)Some handlers may use two dogs at the same time we simply do not. My opinion I do not see any advantages in using two dogs on the same scent line.
A1: yes, As long as their is no major erosion. Simply put if your deer has ran along side of a hill and it has been raining then the scent will be washed down the hill, with that being said our dogs will have to pick up the scent line a few feet or yards downward of the original line. (In some cases the scenting conditions could total be washed out) Our job as a handler is to move forward and assist the hounds and reconnect the lines.
A2: If has been very dry out and we receive rain this will definitely improve scenting conditions. Dry weather in some ways the most difficult conditions for our hounds to track in. In order for a tracking dog to smell the scent line the scent needs to evaporate. Evaporation process is at it slowest under very dry conditions.
A3: Michigan deer track'n hounds are able to track up to 30 hours after the shot.(each hunting scenario will have different success rates)
Q2: Do your dogs need blood to recover my Trophy buck?
A1: No, but blood definitely helps. Our tracking dogs scent trail your deer in many different ways. The first way is the interdigital scent gland in the deer hooves(4) GO BACK TO THE HOME PAGE AND READ MORE ABOUT THE INTERDIGITAL SCENT GLAND. Second way is the deer hair follicle's and or dander/skin cells. The third way would be the disturbed earth, The earth soil is loaded with all kinds of MOLD and MINERALS when a animal takes a step it will disturb the soil and our dogs are able to piece the time line together and recover your trophy.
Q3:Does Michigan deer trackn hounds track with two dogs on the same scent line?
A1: No, We have our tracking dogs on a thirty foot lead at all times. It would just be to difficult to handle two dogs at the same time. As a handle there is a lot going on while tracking your trophy. We have to read our dogs body language such as the dogs speed and how the dogs is their nose with the wind. Communicate with the hunter and pay attention looking for deer sign (blood,hair etc.)Some handlers may use two dogs at the same time we simply do not. My opinion I do not see any advantages in using two dogs on the same scent line.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
MUST READ (VERY IMPORTANT INFO)( The Do's and Don'ts
> Success in finding your deer is no guarantee because a tracking dog is called in. The tracking dog is most always faced with many challenges. Besides of the quality level of scenting conditions...the point where the hunter loses the blood trail can be very challenging. Mainly because this is the area where the hunter's search has been the most intense. So this area has the most false disturbance. Our Teckels will have to work through this contaminated area with the help of the handler. Improve your chances of recovery, always try to WALK off to the side of the blood trail instead of directly on it when possible and always try to do more LOOKING then WALKING.Tracking is like hunting and it is safe to say that success is never guaranteed. So when M;;D;;T;;H;; show up it is important to assist and cooperate with us, so we can exercise our tracking skills. WE are just as determined to find your deer as you are. We know our dog and their experience in tracking wounded deer so it is in all are best interest to allow us the freedom and to take control of any situations we have to deal with. With full cooperation the chance of recovery greatly improves. IF YOU TRY TO USE YOUR FAMILY PET TO FIND YOUR DEER PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN YOU CALL M ;;D;;T;;H;. OUR DACHSHUNDS HAVE TONS OF HOURS IN THE FIELD AND BRINGING DOGS IN TO AN AREA CAN BRING ON MORE PROBLEMS THAN YOU REALIZE.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Blood (Basic Info)
The average white-tailed deer weighing about 150 pounds, carries about 8 pints of blood in its circulatory system. Massive hemorrhage is necessary to bring a deer down quickly. A deer must lose at least 35 percent of its blood, or 2 3/4 pints in a 150 pound animal, before falling the first time. Vital area hits insure quick blood loss. Deer blood carries high levels of Vitamin K1 and K2 in early autumn. This vitamin is an antihemmorrhagic agent, which promotes clotting. About Blood appearence = A. If it appears pink and foamy, a lung shot has been made. The deer should be less than 250 yards. Wait 30-45 minutes. B= If bright red blood is found, a main artery may have been hit. The deer should not travel far. Give the deer one hour to expire. C= Lot's of dark blood then tapper's of to droplets after 200 yards could indicate a muscle shot. Chance of recovery is very low. D= If little blood, but a lot of hair, time must be given for deer to lie down and expire. chance of recovery 50/50. E= If you have fat on your arrow that means you hit the deer very high or very low. Chance of recovery very low.
Interdigital Gland
The Interdigital Glands are located on all four feet. Each gland is a small sparsely-haired sac that opens between the toes. In this sac you can generally find a yellowish cheesy material. This accumulation is the result of sloughed cells and glandular secretions. The material often has a foul, rancid odor. Some of this scent is undoubtedly left in a deer's track every time it takes a step.
It is also left in large amounts when a deer stamps its foot, and when a buck makes a scrape. Each deer has its own scent, and because some of the compounds in this scent may be present in higher concentrations in mature males (3 1/2+ years), they may alert other deer of the presence of a dominant buck. Does use this scent to track their fawns, bucks use it to track does. Because scent molecules evaporate at different rates deer can determine which way another deer went by the amount of interdigital scent left behind. The scent from these glands is the primary tracking scent of deer.
It is also left in large amounts when a deer stamps its foot, and when a buck makes a scrape. Each deer has its own scent, and because some of the compounds in this scent may be present in higher concentrations in mature males (3 1/2+ years), they may alert other deer of the presence of a dominant buck. Does use this scent to track their fawns, bucks use it to track does. Because scent molecules evaporate at different rates deer can determine which way another deer went by the amount of interdigital scent left behind. The scent from these glands is the primary tracking scent of deer.
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