Midwest Whitetail Recovery

11/17/2023

Crazy things happen.

11/08/2023

No

09/05/2023

Depending on what the VA(hospital) says we may wind up being nonworking this season. My apologies to all of our clients. I may be in the works for a Knee surgery within the up coming month.

12/13/2022

23 tracks this season with 10 successful recoveries.

11/30/2022

11/25/2022

Unfortunately Bo has a sprained/ strained ankle, we will be taking atleast a week off from tracking for it to heal. His paw is twice the size of his other paws. If the swelling fails to subside we will be making an emergency vet appointment. We apologize for the inconvenience.

11/12/2022

So i just gotta brag on Bo really quick, we got a call from Donald Thomas about his dream buck hes been hunting for 2 years. With that said, We tracked our first ever URBAN DEER, with all of the distractions, and pavement bo totally knocked this track out of the park. We tracked for 2572 yards (1.46 miles) through city, parks, backyards, and streets. This track took roughly four hours and was through multiple bluffs both up and down. Here is donald with his monster 16 pt.

10/31/2022

So i just wanna put this out here lastnight another tracker and I got a call from a gentleman about a track. This gentleman hired a non vetted "tracker" to come track. Please vet your trackers. This actually seems to happen alot. The gentleman hired a dog to come out and track an wound up running circles, and showed no intrest in the deer. Come to find out the dog had only been on 3 tracks with one recovery ever and was a waterfoul retriever. You will get some guys who think they're trackers because they scored an easy track an gained a recovery. There is alot that goes into tracking. Majority of us trackers will not run a track another dog has ran. In my honest opinion please ask your tracker questions prior to tracking. Feel free to ask what their recoveries rates are and how many tracks theyve been on before you make your decision. A good tracker doesnt mind being questioned about their success rates.

10/31/2022

10/18/2022

We had a bad track tonight. Took a track in eastern kansas with a low chance of recovery right off the bat. Hunter explained he didnt see point of impact nor did he find his arrow. The blood was bright red with no bubbles, judging personally by where he said he was standing from point of impact appeared to be approximately 50-60 yards. We found 3 small puddles of blood that looked to be muscular. Each pile of blood was no bigger than a dollar bill. I informed the hunter that with the way my partner was reading the track that i beleived his deer to still be alive. This just goes to show not every track you take is going to be a recovery. I personally hate non-recovery tracks because my partner doesnt understand why we didnt find "Gift" (aka the deer). He gets upset and depressed just like we do. However every track is a new learning experience. Just remember they're trying to find your deer just as much (if not more) than you want to. Some tracks are just bad tracks and its nothing to get upset about. Hey it happens. This hunter even did everything right. Backed out and waited before tracking blood. Stayed off the blood track an when he could track no further immediatly backed out and called me. Sometimes it just happens

10/14/2022

I really want to thank everyone for all of the support and love you've shown us for sharing our post. Im so glad to see this circulating facebook. I can't beleive the overwhelming support you've show us here at Midwest whitetail recovery! Thank you all again for what you do, lets keep the hunting community growing!

10/13/2022

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10/12/2022

If you know then you know 😬😂

10/10/2022

Alot of people do not realize this, so im going to share it for you to help you understand what it is we do.

90% of tracking deer isnt about looking for blood. Its about being able to read your partner. Most K9s can and will tell you if the deer is dead or not. Its about reading their body language, and being able to understand what your partner is trying to communicate.

Majority of our dogs are not trained on just blood tracking beleive it or not. We track off of a scent gland called the interdigital gland. When a deer is mortally wounded they release a phermone. This phermone is what we train our K9s to track.

The gland is a small sac that exudes a cheesy, yellowish fluid with an odor similar to sour milk. As deer walk or bound the fluid is dispersed onto the ground and dissipates at different rates, leaving scent trail markers that allow deer to follow one another or relocate the correct trail when lost. This is how our K9s can differentiate the scent of each deer.

An average K9 has over 100,000,000 olfactory scent glands in their nasal cavity, and can range upwards of over 230,000,000 olfactory receptors, depending on the breed.

So while you're worried about your deer bleeding internally and not being able to track the blood trail, back out and call a tracker (we don't need blood to track). DO NOT GRIDSEARCH, while you may feel it might help you locate a drop of blood, it really hurts the tracking with a k9. If you step on the phermone you then carry it everywhere you step. Think of scent like mud. And the ground as a white carpet. If you step in this "mud" and then grid search the area, your making it where the dog doesn't see a straight line trail. He now sees the "mud" you have tracked everywhere.

I hope this helps the average hunter better understand what it is we do. If you ever need please feel free to message us or give one of us a call.

Sincerely, John and Bo Stout at Midwest whitetail recovery.

09/15/2022

As we approach this eve of bow seasons, please remember if you cant 100% make an ethical shot on your buck, wait! We have until January. If you do take that risky shot, and can not locate your kill, back out and call a tracker. Our dogs can pick up a deers scent even if there is no blood, and we will be able to tell you pretty soon if we think your deer is dead or not. If you have questions please feel free to call me. If you're a new tracker or interested in tracking you're more than welcome to tag along aswell. We would be happy to have you!

Happy hunting!

Johnathon Stout
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Oregon Missouri.

06/13/2022

01/31/2022

Heres an idea of the coverage area we cover this is the tracks weve tracked this year. I am missing a few that ive ran but this gives you a good idea.

01/08/2022

Barnett Bc (Buck commander) Raptor reverscam xbow. With 4 headhunter lumiknock bolts only shot a hand full of times. Just re-stringed begining of 2021 Asking 900 or trade for a hoyt/matthews setup. Possibly a good corless hole puncher.

Adjustable Butt Pad
CNC Machined Aluminum Flight Track
Laminated Limbs
Finger Reminders and Pass-Through Foregrip
Carbon Riser
Reverse Limb
7/8" picatinny rail
Premium Illuminated Scope
Cross Premium 3 Bolt Quiver
4 - 20" Headhunter illuminated nock Carbon Bolts
Rope Cocking Device

01/06/2022

01/03/2022

If you've been out in the woods lately im sure you've seen 1 or 2 that have started shedding, and heres a good explanation of why!

https://www.themeateater.com/wired-to-hunt/whitetail-management/why-midwest-whitetails-shedding-early

Although it was warm for December, I couldn’t help but shiver as the whitetail’s rack grew wider with each step closer. At 130 yards, I battled through buck fever and touched off a shot. Blaukš! The deer dropped in its tracks. I quickly gathered my gear and set off to claim one of my biggest bu...

12/27/2021

Heres a good research article on the second rut!

https://www.deerassociation.com/the-science-of-the-second-rut/

I hit the grunt call three times, and within minutes a nice mature buck jumped the fence and came in with his ears laid back in search of whatever buck just made that sound in his area. He was focused just like a rutting buck in November, but this was Christmas Eve, well beyond the … Read More

12/24/2021

As we enter alternative season we ask you to please remember to make ethical shots on your animals, if you feel like its not a good shot please dont take it. If you do happen to pull a shot heres some things you can to to help better your track for both k9s and handler teams.

1. Sit and wait after your shot, do not immediately go to check for blood, if theres blood itll be there in an hour.

2. Remember your deers pattern and where he/she went. This helps to ensure the k9 starts off on the correct track.

3. Dont walk on your deers trail. If your walking on a wounded deers trail and loose that trail you then carry that scent everywhere you step. We track off of a phermone thats released when a deer is mortally wounded and releases out of a gland called the interdigital. Stepping in this Makes it 100 times harder for the tracking team.

4. Alway feel free to ask a tracker for help. Even if its just a phone call for a consult chances are each tracker has probably seen what your deer has done, and will likely be able to point you in the right direction even if you dont hire us.

5. remember dogs are not miracle workers and can only find a deer if its dead. We cant make a live deer dead. As much as it sucks for us, majority of our k9s hate nonrecoveries just as much as the hunter i know my partner actually gets depressed if he doesnt locate the deer.

6. Each time we track is different, no matter how well the team works together or how many tracks weve ran our partnership is always growing, and we both are always learning. Make sure you allow time for the teams to track, good progress cant be rushed most tracks take close to an hour or more. We may have some resets along the track dont get discuraged and remember we want to locate your animal just as much as you do.

Happy holidays, and happy hunting from our family to yours!

12/22/2021

https://www.mossyoak.com/our-obsession/blogs/deer/scent-glands-101-making-sense-of-whitetails-scent-glands

How do deer communicate and interact with other deer? They communicate in three ways—visually, vocally and scent-based communication.

12/22/2021

Fun fact! This is what we train our dogs to track. This is the interdigital gland on a deer. Alot of people think they are trained to track blood. Blood does help and they can smell it along with other scents. But we get calls alot of the time when blood runs out. This is why we train them to track this gland. Each deer has there own specific scent from this gland. I like to think of it like our fingerprint. This is how the dog knows to stay on the deer we are tracking and not another deer that may have crossed the track.

Shared by Wounded Whitetails Tracking & Recovery

12/22/2021

12/21/2021

Something to seriously consider

12/18/2021

https://www.codebluescents.com/blog/how-weather-impacts-scent-dispersal/

As temps drop, snow and rain falls, and winds swirl, using scents involves more that just soaking a drag or wick.