Mecan Springs Deer Recovery

06/03/2025

05/26/2025

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Whose next?!

Reach out if you want some work done!

05/18/2025

Just got home from the tracking/training event here in wisco that the Wisconsin and Minnesota networks did as a split event!

I officially am a judge for United Blood Trackers and got to judge a few dogs as well! Between tracking tests and seminars there was a ton of fun had by all!

These events are huge for new handlers and veteran teams. It’s not only the learning that happens. It’s the friendships you gain at these events! It really was awesome to yet again meet trackers I haven’t met and see some old friends! It’s really what it is about!

Special thanks to the judges that made the trek Gary Blessing Al Sherman Dave Dainton Eric Jon Peterson and Tom Monehan! Also thanks to Dean Muthig for the seminar on training! Thank you David Little and Lisa Gargulak with the help scheduling and planning everything!

Already looking forward to the event next year! For now time to catch up on some much needed sleep..

Next up?? Deer season!!!

05/13/2025

Who else?

04/27/2025

This is 9 months of the year.. hanging out with family and friends, and Rex’s best friend Mae!

04/24/2025

Who wants a pond?!?!

03/31/2025

Im gonna start with…. These are the only pictures i took the last couple days in Missouri because im a slacker! Hoping i can snag a few more from some others not gonna lie. 😂

This past weekend I got to spend some time with old friends and meet plenty of new ones!! Tons of fun had by all. From shooting trap to great food and friends it couldn’t have really gotten any better.

There was a ton of classes taught, along with a pile of tests taken by new handlers. The judges that made their way to the Missouri event are top in the nation. There was judges anywhere from New Jersey, Florida, Texas and anywhere in between. It’s really awesome to see such a great organization putting in the work to make teams the best they can. Glad I could be a small part of the process helping! Looking forward to the split wisco/mn event in May already!

03/17/2025

Havent posted in a hot minute so i figured pop in and say hey! The good news is that better weather is upon us. With the better weather follows tracking events! Next week I’m headed to Missouri to have some fun helping judge and teach new handlers! Then in May we are having a combo event here in Wisco with the Minnesota tracking group! Stay tuned in folks lots happening this year!

01/17/2025

Well guys season is basically wrapped up! Few more counties will wrap up the season here at the end of the month. It’s been another successful year with many milestones met! Thanks to each and every one of you guys!

Each year I give tracking totals at the end of season, and unfortunately we are there… With that being said here goes nothing!

We took a total of 149 tracks this season.
We recovered 78 animals. (77 deer, 1 bear)
We tracked 134 bucks, 12 does, and 3 bears

I also added up some other interesting things!
Of the tracks we took we had…..

3 for gun
65 for compound
78 for crossbow
62 for fixed broadhead tracks
82 mechanical broadhead tracks

We had our best season yet as far as tracks taken. This also comes with Chris helping me out some. I truly can’t thank you all enough for trusting us to get it done! Next up is some tracking events this spring/summer!

01/07/2025

Finally another track last night! And Rex got to chew which is always a plus! The hunter had called stating he had shot a doe the night previous and bumped her and lost blood at about 100 yards.

I didn’t really ask any details because at this point i would of tracked a deer shot in the tail.. Long story short after we got there I saw the arrow and knew immediately it was a gut hit deer and odds were in our favor on a recovery happening. She ended up going about 300 yards. About 150 yards after the jump I noticed we were in a scent pool just by Rex’s behavior. I’ll post video in comments. When he acts like this there is typically 1 of 2 things going on. The deer is dead close, or the deer had bedded in a small area numerous times causing there to be scent everywhere. She ended up being about 60 yards away from where I took the video!

Really glad to be able to get out again! Hoping for one more get to finish out the year but I’m not holding my breath!

12/10/2024

Got on a track finally a couple days ago! Calls died right off after opener of gun hunting.. Still hoping we can get out a few more times yet this season.

Rex’s newest friend Andrew had hit a buck and wasn’t finding blood like he was hoping so he elected to have us come out! The buck had gone through a ditch and did a loop back over where he had already went then he paralleled a set of train tracks for about 150 yards before he crossed and 300 yards later he was laying there! Rex covered the 630 yards within about an 15 minutes and that’s when Andrew got to see his buck again! Congrats glad we could help!

We have really have had an awesome year and it comes down to you guys trusting us to get it done! We appreciate all of you more than you know!