Ruger’s Whitetail Tracks

29/11/2024

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

R***r insisted we begin decorating for Christmas. You can see his enthusiasm 😂

15/11/2024

Good luck to all the hunters this firearm season. R***r and I will not be tracking today as I will be hunting with my son. Below is the list of all the Michigan Deer Tracking Network trackers who may be able to help you if need be. Again, best of luck to everyone in the woods. Be safe, make memories and shoot straight! 🦌🐾

09/11/2024

Recovery #11

Hunter called and said he shot this buck last night and searched for 4 hours and could not find anything besides hair. He then said the next morning he and other members of his Hunting camp went out searching all morning and into the afternoon, all without success. He then asked if I could bring R***r to help.

R***r and arrived on the track at the 19 hour mark and he quickly made his way down the path. Blood was located about 50 yards from the shot site and R***r kept going. 350 yards later R***r jumped this buck up from its bed. The buck took two steps and then fell back to the ground. I toned R***r back and the hunter went in with his bow to dispatch the deer. The buck unfortunately got spooked and got up and began running away. I released R***r who gave chase and ran this buck to exhaustion (left photo). The buck had fallen behind Some down trees. R***r continued to circle and distract the buck while the hunter was able to dispatch the deer and end suffering.

08/11/2024

Here is a photograph of our 10th recovery from yesterday. 😎

08/11/2024

Recovery #10!

Thanks to Richter's Deer Tracking for the referral. Hunter knew this shot was back and wisely decided to back out after tracking 100 yards. R***r quickly covered the 300 yards to this buck!

R***r tracked this buck 150 yards from hunters last blood. The deer went in the complete opposite direction of where the hunter believed the deer went.

06/11/2024

Tracking isn’t always Rainbows and sunshine.

R***r and I have continued to grind this past week but came up empty extending our “no find streak” to 9 in a row.

Although we did not find any deer R***r tracked well and we were notified of multiple deer being seen again and one coming back on camera.

We will continue to grind it out and ride the ups and downs of tracking and continue put deer on the tailgate. 😎

02/11/2024

R***r and I went 0-3 today. Two unknown shots and one shoulder shot. Each track R***r advanced the line showing blood but eventually gave me the look that the deer isn’t fatally wounded. The shoulder shot buck was tracked onto a neighboring property and the neighbors advised he was moving along well.

Back home now to rest and already have tracks scheduled for the morning. Looking to get back into the win column.

30/10/2024

R***r put on a tracking clinic for recovery #9. Tracked this shoulder shot buck 450 yards before bumping him from the bed. R***r then chased this buck 50-60 yards before the buck collapsed from exhaustion. R***r was then toned back and the hunter was able to come in and end suffering. Congratulations to the hunter on a great buck!

16 hours, 450 yards. 🦌🐾😎

27/10/2024

R***r went 2/2 today. Both liver shots.
Recoveries #7/8

The first ( left photo) hunter called last night and said the shot was back and passed through. The hunter lost blood after a short distance and wisely backed out and called for a dog. 13 hours later R***r was on the track and worked roughly 250 yards to this great buck! Congratulations to the hunter!

The second track was shot yesterday morning, not a pass through but the hunter wanted a dog to run the track anyway. The hunter showed me the arrow that looked to be covered in liver blood. ( painted red). Hunter advised he shot it back and tracked maybe 100 or so yards.

I started R***r at the hit site and he quickly began tracking in the hunters last known direction. R***r tracked flawlessly past the hunters last blood until locating this buck at about 1100 yards. No blood was found from the hunters last blood. This track was R***rs oldest recovery thus far at 26 hours! Congratulations to the hunter on a great buck!

26/10/2024

Thoughts on this deer? Dead ? Alive?

26/10/2024

Good afternoon Friends, I hope everyone is having a fun and successful hunting season! Also if anyone has success and would like to donate the hooves from your harvest for R***rs off season training it would be very much appreciated.

Good luck the rest of the year! Give our page a share and feel free to reach out for your tracking needs!

25/10/2024

Another fun day of tracking! Today R***r went 1-3 and found the one deer I expected him to.

This track the hunter called last night and said he shot a buck and once he picked up the track he was locating “Lima bean” looking material in the blood. I advised the hunter to back out and allow the deer time to expire. The hunter did exactly that and a plan was made to track at the 16 hour the following morning.

R***r was on the track at 10 am and quickly covered 860 yards to this buck who was dead in his first bed within 10 minutes. Congratulations to the hunter on a great buck.

The other two tracks ran today were a confirmed shoulder shot that the hunter wanted reassurance the deer wasn’t fatally wounded and the other was a brisket hit that R***r tracked over a mile crossing a road and to a property stop.

Excellent day behind the dog!😎 Now time to rest and recover.

17/10/2024

Recovery #5

Hunter made a good shot on this buck but lost the blood trail about 150 yards in. R***r was on the track around the 3 hour mark and was able to continue the track another 150 yards, crossing a drainage ditch and locating this buck.

Congratulations to the hunter on a great Michigan buck!

16/10/2024

Recovery #4

Hunter shot this buck just after 7pm last night and knew the shot was back. She waited to track until this morning and found blood and a few beds before losing blood near a property line. Property permission was granted and R***r was on the track around the 23 hour mark and tracked from the shot site to hunters last blood. R***r searched for a few minutes at last blood and then began to track back down a slight hill in the direction the deer came up.

R***r quickly indicated on two wound beds after last blood, the last being in a dried up swamp. R***r than began to run circles and eventually took a line out to the edge of this swamp. I followed and missed a read from R***r and pushed him out into a corn field. I restarted R***r back in the swamp at the last bed and again he began to track in the same direction he did before. This time I sat back and watched. R***r stopped at the edge of the swamp and lifted his nose and gave his alert. He quickly ran around out of sight and then back to facing me and again turned and stared into the brush. I walked over and R***r ran in and began chewing on this buck. This buck ended up circling back and dying near the area it was shot.

Great Track! Congratulations to the hunter of her First Archery buck!

10/10/2024

Recovery # 3. You don’t know until you go. 😎

Hunter called last night advising he shot this buck in the shoulder and had limited pe*******on. Hunter advised he was only able to track roughly 150 yards before losing blood. 23 hours later R***r was on the track. R***r tracked excellent as he followed from the hit site to last blood. At the last found blood R***r began to circle for about 5 minutes before taking a line out to a swamp. Out in the swamp R***r went out of sight and then came running back with Blood on his tongue. R***r continued to run about 10 yards out and then back. I looked out and saw antlers moving. I notified the hunter who was able to come in and end suffering.

No blood was found on this track after hunters last blood. Congratulations to the hunter on a great buck!

04/10/2024

No recovery, but R***r tracked over a mile flawlessly and showed blood crossing the road. So proud of this boy and the tracker he has become.

Check out deertracker’s video.

03/10/2024

R***r and I went 1-2 today. The second track I believe was not fatal as we tracked a total of 1000yards with one bed at the end and what seemed to be muscle blood.

First track: Hunter called last night indicating a partial pass through on a slight quartering away shot. Given the description of the shot I elected to let the deer lay and run the following morning. At the 13 hour mark R***r and I arrived and followed the trail for the shot site to last blood were R***r began to circle (indicating he was in a scent pool). R***r took a line twice but quickly came back looking for help. I began to push R***r out in the direction I believed the buck to have gone and eventually hit a fence line. After waiting a few hours for property permission R***r and I returned and once across the fence R***r showed no interest. We then back tracked to last blood and started R***r again. He marched 50 yards to this buck which was on the original path R***r originally took before I “thought I knew better”.

Congratulations to the hunter on his first Archery buck!