Tree Top Rescue
Well one season is over, the deer season, and another season came in, tree top kitty rescues! That's right Ole Gary is at it again, this time he was 80' up in the tree to save a feline that was stranded in the tree for three days! We have a new song about Gary now as well. Please watch the video and let me know what you think about the song.
Surprise Video (part I)
Surprise video, part one! Tara got the rest of her birthday this evening. Needless to say as seen in the video Tara was definitely shocked, she had absolutely no idea what was in the box. I will share part two of the video in the comments. There might be a battle now tho, Brynttlee, AKA Bopper, has a birthday coming up and is claiming this is HER birthday present 🙄🤦♂️
Highlights from Team Jewels 2024/25 deer season. THANK YOU those of you that trusted and called upon Team Jewel to assist you. Also a big THANK YOU to those of you that followed/supportedTeam Jewel. My family and Gary are so blessed by a wonderful hound that loves to help others. Even though deer season is over, please continue to follow along with us. There will be announcements, a podcast soon where Team Jewels talks about this past season (announcing the winner of how many Corn Dragons Jewel tailgated this season), and much more to come throughout the off season! Thanks Chris Kuhlman for the song. #bloodhound
Bloodhound Blues
Hey Jewel did you know it is the last day of deer season? #bloodhound#rockstarhounds#Deer#deertracking
In The Drop Zone
What an interesting podcast hosted Jeremy Beard of In The Drop Zone. We appreciate the call out, but it was cool to hear the hunting stories from these up and comers in the podcast. Give a listen to the podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/2d5mXKGcVk3h5UjEQKaUjB?si=zRb80m7wQ9y2ETy0O2COkw&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A3zkaOdGijzeSpkVepgpk4L&t=2 Unfortunately there some audio issues in the beginning with one of the guest, young Johnny. Thankfully the problem got resolved a bit later.
I spoke with Jeremy today to put a bug in his ear about a doing an upcoming podcast shortly after season with Team Jewel. Team Jewel certainly had an interesting year so far, with lots to talk about. We are also planning on revealing Jewels season ending total of Corn Dragons in The Wagon during that podcast, so that we can see who won the contest that was posted in Early Oct. I will keep ya all posted when the podcast will be aired.
Sometimes you have to just overcome and improvise. Team Jewel has been certainly super busy lately, just as any other tracker out there right now. Sometimes there's more than just the track/recovery when helping a hunter. This Wisconsin hunter was hunting by himself and really needed some help with his buck that Team Jewel found for him today. This hunter certainly was happy that Jewel had found his deer for him, but was even more happy that Team Jewel went beyond the recovery for him. It was a huge help to the hunter getting this buck on the other side of the creek.
Notice we have another member to Team Jewel in the video. Zack Porterfield from North Carolina traveled here to get an another pup from us and actually brought his two tracking dogs with him to possibly track some deer while he stays with us for a few days. One of Zack's tracking dogs he brought is a Jewel pup, Jolean, Jolean has already found several deer at 8 1/2 months old. Zack has been hanging with Team Jewel the past couple days and is looking forward to tracking some of these fine Illinois Corn Dragons before he heads home, he said they don't have deer like this back home! 😉
Once again Team Jewel is tracking a lot of live deer lately, due to the rut. Deer, particularly bucks are extremely hard to kill during the rut. The bucks high testosterone levels combined with the will to live and breed this time of year drives a buck to be almost indestructible levels. Bucks can seem to bleed a lot and live, or even get gut shot surviving for several days while chasing does! Bucks are certainly a whole different animal this time of year, making them both hard to kill and very difficult to track because they aren't dead at the time of tracking them.
So it was Girls Day Out 2.0 yesterday as Team Jewel assisted Huntress #2 shortly after assisting the first huntress. Way to go ladies on tagging those Corn Dragons! You girls was showing us fellas up, for sure yesterday anyhow. Team Jewel rolled the dice and got on the track of this buck that was shot previously in the morning. The only reason Team Jewel decided to do this track was because we were in the area (an hr away). The dice fell right and this buck was indeed dead in its first bed. Unfortunately there were several tracks Team Jewel did earlier this day and the day before where we ended up jumping the deer. Again right now during the rut, these bucks are a whole different animal! Anyhow Team Jewel was honored to find Brookes first bow kill! Brooke will have a great story to tell, a freezer full of meat, and likely a deer mount. All present agreed there would have been no way this deer would have been found without the hound. Congrats again Brooke and thanks Jewel for doing what you do!
Girls for the win!
It was a sleepless nerve-racking night of worry. Olivia even had to endure the moving back of the clock an hour as well. Anyhow, any hunter that knows this situation knows it's very agonizing, time creeps by, but waiting certainly the right thing to do. Listen to a few of the details in this video, the backing out and waiting was the most crucial aspects to the recovery of this deer. There was absolutely no way this deer would've been without a dog. It's very rewarding to see Hunter and tears when their deer is found. Congratulations to our Huntress Olivia.
Rodeo Night
B having some fun with one of the Corgis last night in preparation of dressing up for Trick or Treat this evening.
SO YOU WANT TO BE A TRACKER?
So you want to be a tracker? Being a tracker is not always carefree, easy, or fun, it can be very dangerous to the dog, handler, or those accompanying us. Team Dio/Jewel have had several very close calls through the years. Remember it was just last year that Gary had a hole put in his pants and his leg got scratched by a tine of a 190" buck! Team Jewel tracked the buck in the video a few nights ago. The buck was liver/gut shot 27 hrs previous to this video clip!!!Remember we constantly mention THE WAIT and a dead deer goes nowhere! You can see how very much alive this deer was when Gary and myself was approaching it. I had just happened to pull my phone out to start videoing what might happen, when all of a sudden the deer arose from its bed and ran to get away as fast as possible. I had to quickly step back as not to have this buck run me over! Things could have been very bad this night, a possible "Slifer Situation" as my middle daughter, Morgan, says. 🤦♂️ It's fight or flight for a live/wounded deer when approached. This particular deer chose to run, likely on pure adrenaline to escape as fast as it could. Unfortunately I happened to be standing in the way the deer wanted to run. Luckily after this deer jumped it only ran approximately 50 yards and piled up. No one was hurt. ALSO NOTE: with the rut right around the corner, bucks will be amped up significantly. During rut deer bucks seem almost invincible, definitely more tougher. Giving the deer a longer wait time after the shot is important during the rut. Also please be very cautious when walking up on a deer that is down during this time of the year. You just never know!
Deer recovery service for hunters mostly in the central & southern Illinois region, but will travel up to four hours away and if we are available.
