Bc Deer Hunter
10-29-2012, 08:15 PM
First off I would liketo give a big thanks to Rod ( hotload), and his companion Carlo for stepping inon a moment’s notice and tracking a wounded buck shot by one of my friends.
The buck was shot Saturday morning. The rest of the day buddy,me and my dog tried to find this buck. We ended up pushing him off 2 beds thenhaving the buck loop around the whole mountain side and hide out into a ravine 1km away barely accessible by man. While the whole time we were still searchingfrantically on the one mountain side.
Then it came to methat a good friend of mine has two really great tracking dogs and would forsure love an opportunity to practice with his dog. So I get home after dark andgive him a ring, and sure enough ‘’hotload’’ is more than happy to step up andput his pal Carlo on the track come first light. Then the rain set in...Throughout the night it absolutely poured making it even harder; consideringthe track was a day old, and now with all blood washed away Carlo was dependanton only the scent glands on the feet of the deer.
Rod met up with my friend bright and early heading out for onelast chance to recover his buck. Buddy shows where the point of impact was, andfrom there it was ‘game on!’ Carlo had his head down and nose moving fasterthan a piston. He tracked the buck zigzagging down the mountain side throughand above thickets, until they hit the base of the mountain. Then from there itwas right back up, out and over knolls until they came to a gully. Suddenly thewind was blowing straight in their faces giving Carlos a waft of the deermaking him go nuts!! And there it was about 35 meters down the slope, myfriends buck!
In this case it was very unfortunate that the coyotesmanaged to literally dismember him making in all most unsalvageable. Once againif it wasn’t for Rod (hotload) and Carlo this deer would have never beenrecovered.
Pictures of the recovery to follow............................................ .
The buck was shot Saturday morning. The rest of the day buddy,me and my dog tried to find this buck. We ended up pushing him off 2 beds thenhaving the buck loop around the whole mountain side and hide out into a ravine 1km away barely accessible by man. While the whole time we were still searchingfrantically on the one mountain side.
Then it came to methat a good friend of mine has two really great tracking dogs and would forsure love an opportunity to practice with his dog. So I get home after dark andgive him a ring, and sure enough ‘’hotload’’ is more than happy to step up andput his pal Carlo on the track come first light. Then the rain set in...Throughout the night it absolutely poured making it even harder; consideringthe track was a day old, and now with all blood washed away Carlo was dependanton only the scent glands on the feet of the deer.
Rod met up with my friend bright and early heading out for onelast chance to recover his buck. Buddy shows where the point of impact was, andfrom there it was ‘game on!’ Carlo had his head down and nose moving fasterthan a piston. He tracked the buck zigzagging down the mountain side throughand above thickets, until they hit the base of the mountain. Then from there itwas right back up, out and over knolls until they came to a gully. Suddenly thewind was blowing straight in their faces giving Carlos a waft of the deermaking him go nuts!! And there it was about 35 meters down the slope, myfriends buck!
In this case it was very unfortunate that the coyotesmanaged to literally dismember him making in all most unsalvageable. Once againif it wasn’t for Rod (hotload) and Carlo this deer would have never beenrecovered.
Pictures of the recovery to follow............................................ .