Last night I shot a doe at 7:08 and tracked blood til around 10:30. She ran about 50-60 yards from where I shot her and bedded down. Had great blood and both lungs were punched. Like a big dummy I busted her off that bed, thinking she was already dead.
I started having a lot of trouble establishing direction of travel and my overall track kinda sucked. I must've poked through the diaphragm on the exit wound side because when we found her, she had some intact intestines on that side, plugging the wound, and thus not leaving much blood, because I was at 22 feet when I shot her, on the entry side.
Which leads me to the topic of this post!
A guy named Andrew Mullins runs echo blood tracking, and he's awesome. Awesome dog, nice guy. This fella even stuck around to help me quarter and pack out meat. And we had to pack it out because this doe died in a deep valley where that was really the only viable option. His dog echo is a beagle mix and the dog is a go getter! He found the bed and got on the trail within minutes and had the deer found within about 25-30 minutes of showing up. I got lucky and called the right guy and thought I'd share some resources, Andrews number is (302) 438-3694. He lives in Springfield, doesn't hunt and takes the entire deer season off work. His rates are reasonable! He charged me $50 and all four hooves to come help me in the middle of the night.
Here's where I found Andrew and hopefully there are other trackers on this list near you, in the off chance you need them.
https://www.unitedbloodtrackers.org/find-a-tracker/trackers-by-state/?state=mo
I started having a lot of trouble establishing direction of travel and my overall track kinda sucked. I must've poked through the diaphragm on the exit wound side because when we found her, she had some intact intestines on that side, plugging the wound, and thus not leaving much blood, because I was at 22 feet when I shot her, on the entry side.
Which leads me to the topic of this post!
A guy named Andrew Mullins runs echo blood tracking, and he's awesome. Awesome dog, nice guy. This fella even stuck around to help me quarter and pack out meat. And we had to pack it out because this doe died in a deep valley where that was really the only viable option. His dog echo is a beagle mix and the dog is a go getter! He found the bed and got on the trail within minutes and had the deer found within about 25-30 minutes of showing up. I got lucky and called the right guy and thought I'd share some resources, Andrews number is (302) 438-3694. He lives in Springfield, doesn't hunt and takes the entire deer season off work. His rates are reasonable! He charged me $50 and all four hooves to come help me in the middle of the night.
Here's where I found Andrew and hopefully there are other trackers on this list near you, in the off chance you need them.
https://www.unitedbloodtrackers.org/find-a-tracker/trackers-by-state/?state=mo