Rob Miller of Michigan Deer Trackn Hounds up here in Michigan posted up a video of his dog Sypris who has been making a name for herself the last couple of years helping people recover their deer. In this video the hunter, who is 7 years old, shot the buck using a crossbow. The father thought the shot was high but as Rob inspected the arrow he suspected it was gut shot. You have got to watch this as Sypris takes Rob on a fast yet rewarding track with absolutely no visible blood. [video=youtube_share;uwbujDJt9Yw]http://youtu.be/uwbujDJt9Yw[/video]
This goes to show that a gut shot deer is almost always a dead deer. Letting it go over night and not pushing it made the difference. Obviously the dog was a big help in the recovery. Good stuff.
I'm thinking 7 years old...first deer possibly and first buck....that combination is gonna cause some severe shaking. Can't always but I will always stand by I think it's best to get kids started when possible on does or not knee-knocking bucks Grats to the hunter and the dog though, great deer and great tracking...shot was bad but hopefully starting that young that fire will drive the kid to learn from it for sure!
What would you be tracking exactly? "I got a piece of skull over here dad!" "Awesome I got hoof here son!"
I think I can say with certainty that many of us have gut shot a deer in our time. If you haven't then maybe it has yet to happen. The 7 years old and even the crossbow arguments don't have a lot of bearing on this IMO as it can and does happen from time to time with even the most experienced bowhunters and even gun hunters. The reason for putting this up wasn't necessarily to give many of you more reason to beat a dead horse but rather to show how important watching the shot and the follow-up can be. 5 years ago many of us would look at the bolt/arrow, see what Rob saw and throw their hands in the air with the lack of blood. Thanks to Sypris this turned out for the better, the main reason why I put this up here. If you don't have a contact for a tracking dog in your location maybe this is a good example of why you might want to think about it and get one lined up just in case.
As I said before... The dog did an outstanding job of tracking the deer. However, the seven year old and the crossbow actually does have some bearing on the shot placement. Ie.... I believe that 7 years old is too young for hunting and that a crossbow may be too heavy and hard to control for a child that young.
Please take your argument to your own post. As I have said before many of the bowhunters on here have made bad shots on a deer and this isn't about crossbows or hunting age. This buck was Rob's 63rd. find in 2 years of tracking and a lot of those FINDS were from bowhunters. Not sure on the number of deer that they were unable to find but I would imagine it's quite a few. It happens......
I am not arguing. The dog did well. The comments on hunting age and crossbows certainly do pertain to this post. Like it or leave it.
The dog looks almost identical to my Cooper. Cooper had eight successful recoveries this year and the same amount of tracks we were unsuccessful. So 50%. It is a great deal of fun tracking with a dog.
Yes, it sure does. It is also apparent that you have no respect for what I have asked of you. I should be able to post up something without having a bully try to steer it in a direction because your agenda that many have grown tired of over on the Wisconsin thread. Like I said, start your own post....it's a public forum.
Chuck, you are right, after your last couple of posts I do not have respect for you or your requests. I said nothing wrong or out of place. My comments definitely pertained to your thread (thanks for lobbing it out there). I will not go away because you tell me to. Being a public forum, It's my right to post an opinion. I'll bet if you had ignored me in the first place this would have gone away much sooner. Oh, I believe that it was you that tried to bully me. Sent from my Galaxy S3 and Tapatalk 2
