On October 21, 2007, John with Arlo and I with Elli tracked a wounded deer for Stephen Napiorski and his friend Jeff Mangold. Arlo was a leading dog on this call. The deer was shot at 7am and we tracked him 10 hours later. Arlo did an excellent job and jumped the deer, which was gut shot. We managed to catch up with the deer, which was subsequently dipatched by the hunter.
We had a short trail of poor blood and Arlo followed it well. He was calm, tracked at a pretty slow pace and started to advance trail with a lot of confidence.
Jeff thought that the deer must have veered off to the right but Arlo turned left to the field of golden rod. We did not see any blood but usually it is the case with a gut shot deer. We had no choice but to trust Arlo. The track came very close to where our vehicles were parked. For a short time I had some doubts whether we were on a right track, but Arlo showed no hesitation. Jeff and Stephen moved to the side, scouted the field ahead and saw that the bedded buck got up and started to move away. We saw the buck - he certainly was hurting. His tail was down and his back was hunched up.
Arlo continued to track cold scent methodically but then he hit the hot trail.
Jeff thought that the deer must have veered off to the right but Arlo turned left to the field of golden rod. We did not see any blood but usually it is the case with a gut shot deer. We had no choice but to trust Arlo. The track came very close to where our vehicles were parked. For a short time I had some doubts whether we were on a right track, but Arlo showed no hesitation. Jeff and Stephen moved to the side, scouted the field ahead and saw that the bedded buck got up and started to move away. We saw the buck - he certainly was hurting. His tail was down and his back was hunched up.
Arlo continued to track cold scent methodically but then he hit the hot trail.
We had a short trail of poor blood and Arlo followed it well. He was calm, tracked at a pretty slow pace and started to advance trail with a lot of confidence.
Jeff thought that the deer must have veered off to the right but Arlo turned left to the field of golden rod. We did not see any blood but usually it is the case with a gut shot deer. We had no choice but to trust Arlo. The track came very close to where our vehicles were parked. For a short time I had some doubts whether we were on a right track, but Arlo showed no hesitation. Jeff and Stephen moved to the side, scouted the field ahead and saw that the bedded buck got up and started to move away. We saw the buck - he certainly was hurting. His tail was down and his back was hunched up.
Arlo continued to track cold scent methodically but then he hit the hot trail.
Jeff thought that the deer must have veered off to the right but Arlo turned left to the field of golden rod. We did not see any blood but usually it is the case with a gut shot deer. We had no choice but to trust Arlo. The track came very close to where our vehicles were parked. For a short time I had some doubts whether we were on a right track, but Arlo showed no hesitation. Jeff and Stephen moved to the side, scouted the field ahead and saw that the bedded buck got up and started to move away. We saw the buck - he certainly was hurting. His tail was down and his back was hunched up.
Arlo continued to track cold scent methodically but then he hit the hot trail.
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