Tiny but Mighty Big Game Recovery

Tiny but Mighty Big Game Recovery Wound game tracking and recovery with dogs. Servicing the Eastern Upper Peninsula and Tip of the Mitt of Michigan.

I was plugging in all my equipment to have it ready for this evening and Rascal came out of her kennel to lay next to my...
11/17/2025

I was plugging in all my equipment to have it ready for this evening and Rascal came out of her kennel to lay next to my tracking backpack. This little girl loves her job even when she isn't feeling 100% yet.

Rascal says "Put me in coach!"

Rascal has been resting all day. She was able to eat a meal tonight and looking perkier. Still a ways to go before she b...
11/16/2025

Rascal has been resting all day. She was able to eat a meal tonight and looking perkier. Still a ways to go before she back to herself but she is on the mend.

I will be getting Flynn in shape a tuned up this week to still be able to help hunters. We will strictly be tracking at night for rifle season for all public land and private land. It is for safety reasons as there is lots of other hunters in the woods.

The unfortunate side of tracking at night.Rascal will be out for an unknown amount of time due to a hit by a porcupine. ...
11/16/2025

The unfortunate side of tracking at night.

Rascal will be out for an unknown amount of time due to a hit by a porcupine. We were tracking tonight and she got hit before I could pull her away. She is currently being taken good care of by the Kinross Veterinarian team.

Update: Rascal is out of surgery and doing well. Vet said there were a few really deep that needed cut out, so she has a couple stitches in her mouth. We are heading home to rest and getting her on the mend.

Rascal putting meat on the freezer today.Hunter arrowed this doe and only had blood at the hit site. Arrow looked like i...
11/13/2025

Rascal putting meat on the freezer today.

Hunter arrowed this doe and only had blood at the hit site. Arrow looked like it was a good hit with solid blood, just couldn't find a blood trail. Rascal made quick work of this 200 yard bloodless track. I feel the hunter would have found the deer but would have taken several hours as she circled the opposite direction he was thinking she went.

1-2 today. Had an early track for an older gentleman this morning. Rascal worked the track but lost interest after the a...
11/10/2025

1-2 today. Had an early track for an older gentleman this morning. Rascal worked the track but lost interest after the about 400 yards. Hunter thought he might have been a touch low. I agreed that I thought it was a brisket hit and the deer would live.

Second track we went to the hunter had good dark red blood. He found a wound bed the night before and figured it was a liver hit so he backed out and called us in. Rascal went on the track at about the 18 hour mark. We got to where the hunter had backed out and was able to advance the track finding new blood. That's when I heard a huge crash just ahead of us. The deer was still alive even after 18 hours. I knew he would need a follow up shot so I had the hunter c**k his cross bow and I let Rascal off lead. The deer was only 60 yards ahead of us and stopped in very tough shape. We were able to get into position and the hunter was able to get a perfect follow up shot to end the deer's suffering.

Congratulations on your public land buck.

Rascal and I helped find this gorgeous public land buck. We worked through a lot of distractions as the hunter and his f...
11/09/2025

Rascal and I helped find this gorgeous public land buck. We worked through a lot of distractions as the hunter and his family had walked through the blood trail and down several different deer trails looking the night before. After many restarts we were able to find the buck expired.

I got a wonderful puppy update tonight. Peanut has been in training all summer learning the ways of the tracking dog. To...
10/19/2025

I got a wonderful puppy update tonight. Peanut has been in training all summer learning the ways of the tracking dog. Tonight her handler got a call from a friend to see if she could find his deer. Peanut tracked the deer step for step making this her first real world recovery. At 9 months old, I couldn't be happier to see a puppy I bred getting to do jobs and following in their mother's footsteps. Looking forward to hearing more from this new Wisconsin tracking team.

Also I'm back from my trip and ready to get back into the woods.

I will be out of town starting tomorrow 10/8 until 10/15 due to a death in the family. I have attached both the Michigan...
10/08/2025

I will be out of town starting tomorrow 10/8 until 10/15 due to a death in the family. I have attached both the Michigan Deer Trackers and the Michigan Deer Tracking Network lists to hopefully help hunter's out while I'm gone.

We got a call last night from Andrew. He had shot a bear and lost blood. He had his arrow recovered and sent me a video ...
09/17/2025

We got a call last night from Andrew. He had shot a bear and lost blood. He had his arrow recovered and sent me a video of it. The arrow was covered in dark red almost black organ blood. I told him I would be out first thing in the morning.

We arrived at the 13 hour mark after the shot and got to work. Chipmunks had Rascal all spun up when we got there but after getting her focused, she got to work. She made short work of the 350 yard track and found the bear deceased in its den. This was Andrew's first bear and first time using a dog to locate a wounded animal. Rascal is definitely his new best friend as this bear would have never been recovered without a dog.

Congratulations Andrew on your gorgeous UP boar black bear.

Rascal is on the board this morning with a youth buck. Youth hunter shot last night and mom saw it was low and back indi...
09/15/2025

Rascal is on the board this morning with a youth buck.

Youth hunter shot last night and mom saw it was low and back indicative of a gut shot. They track a short way only to lose blood. They backed out and called us in this morning.

We arrived at the 14 hour mark and got to work. It was warm and dry do not the most ideal. Rascal had her work cut out as there was lots of live deer tracks she had to sift through. After several restarts, I decided to let her work them out off lead so we could cover more ground. I kept a close eye on the GPS as we started a grid search. I saw Rascal wasn't moving. I called Rascal back to us and she wouldn't move which is very unusual for her. I had a feeling she had something so we walk the short distance to her, to see her standing on the buck. The hunter, mom and grandpa were ecstatic to bring their youth hunt to a very happy close.

Congratulations young lady on your handsome UP buck.

The rare moment you catch the puppy sleeping 😆. It's hard to believe that someone hasn't snatched this pretty girl up. S...
04/10/2025

The rare moment you catch the puppy sleeping 😆.

It's hard to believe that someone hasn't snatched this pretty girl up. Sq**rt is now 9 weeks old and looking for a nice active family placement. She is litter trained, has been exposed to chickens, goats, horses and other dogs. She follows her nose and she should be a good candidate for tracking.

Puppy update!Puppies took a trip to town today to get their shots and final checkup before leaving for their new homes. ...
03/15/2025

Puppy update!

Puppies took a trip to town today to get their shots and final checkup before leaving for their new homes. Almost all the staff had to stop in to our room to play with the puppies. All puppies got a clean bill of health and ready to start their next chapter in their life.

Puppies will start going to their new homes this weekend already. Time really has flown by. There is still 1 female looking for her new family, she is a very spicy little girl and will do best in a working home.

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