M&M Big Game Recovery

11/15/2023

Drake trailed him a couple hundred yards and jumped him. Zoey swam him down and drown him in the back of a four acre pond. The hunter was able to get a boat and retrieve him while I went and had a treble hook made.

01/06/2023

01/06/2023

This track is special to me. I had to share it . Drakes first track back after almost losing him a week ago.

Mason said Drake didn’t waste any time recovering this doe and was very excited to work the track. Like he was glad to be back .
With no blood and a deer already being hauled from the area,crossing the track Drake is tracking, he tracks right over it, paying it no mind .100 yards later Drake has the recovery.
Couldn’t be more proud and thankful for the comeback he made and the care that was given to him by Jessica Hutto, my mom and family. Wish I could have seen him work tonight. Mason done a great job tonight with Drake. Bro Don called me bragging on him. thank you mason for helping him! You are awesome kid!

12/31/2022

This track was 38 hours old and ended with a 5.10 mile race. This is the coldest track I’ve ever put Drake on and he didn’t skip a beat. From the last blood he went 800 yards and jumped. When he crossed the county road I added Baelie to the race . They made a big four mile circle crossed the same road again but I couldn’t get him to stop. I knew Drake would be tired with the weather like it is and his age . They would continue another mile with Baelie pushing him into a cow pen where the dispatch was made. I thought Drake was held up by a fence but my fear of him getting to hot soon became a reality when I drove the buggy to him . His mouth was pouring blood and he was laying on his side . I’m not sure what caused the cut in his mouth but it’s bad.I picked him up and carried him to the closes house to cool him down with water. We later brought the deer to him to let him know that he won the battle. I picked him up and put him in my truck and drove home. He is walking now and breathing a lot better. I love my buddy and don’t mind my bloody clothes, I just hope the best for him . He’s tough but he is aging. This is the best/worst end to our recovery season. Keep us in mind if you will✌🏼

12/28/2022

This was a good recovery.
Congratulations Bill on this Telfair Cy stud!

12/28/2022

Grayson done a good job tracking his buck this morning. He followed specs of blood for a good ways until it quit and needed some assistance. Congratulations young man.
DOA recovery.

12/28/2022

Tailgated a good one last night in telfair Cy. It was cold . You can hear Drake’s teeth chattering in the beginning of the video. Drake jumped him around 600 yards, then bayed him in a creek about 150 yards later with Zoey and Baelie.

12/23/2022

Congratulations Memphis on your first buck! Mason and I enjoyed helping y’all!

132 yard DOA recovery.

12/20/2022

I got a call tonight on my way home from Alabama from Matthew Tuten. He said he shot what would be his best buck ever . He told me he had bone and blood and has tracked him about 70 yards before he stopped bleeding. I asked him what did the bone look like and he said a bunch of tiny pieces and a chunk . This is great news for me and for him as well lol. Tiny pieces means his leg is busted, completely broken and he’s going on the tailgate.100% guaranteed! Sometimes you get a chunk of bone and his leg won’t be broken . Fractured but not broken.If it’s leg isn’t broken into we won’t be able to catch it. Most of them we never even jump because their already in the next county over. I told him it would be about 3 hours before I made it home and He said I sounded confident enough to him about the situation, that waiting on me wasn’t going to be a problem for him. Now the pressure is on me . I just told this man his buck was 100% going on the tailgate lol. I got to hit a grand slam to get out of this one! Zoey is definitely coming along. A few hours later i arrived at the shot sight with Drake Baelie & Zoey. I turn Drake out and he immediately takes the track and he’s working it fast . Heck yeah! This is great! When he hit 100 yards I sent Zoey and Baelie behind him. Drake was headed North but starting turning back to the west making a circle coming back to us. Now I’m thinking to myself what are you doing man, come on now, don’t you come back to us and make me look bad but in reality I know he’s still on it. All of us dog owners have thoughts like this from time to time even though we know better and just to trust our dogs.
Me and Cody Wise have checked each other’s tracks more than one time to get a better understanding on what our dogs are doing and each time Drake’s done exactly what Blue Dog done and Blue Dog has done exactly what Drake has done on non recoverable tracks. These deer would later show back up on camera !
Drake’s now at 100,90,80,70,68 and BOO YAH !! He bayed at 68 yards straight across from us after going out 150 yards . When Zoey & Baelie herd him they shaved about 70 yards off their track and cut straight over to him. Right before Zoey arrived I told Matt that he may break when she tries to catch him , but not to worry if he did ! Well he did! But he only made it about ten yards before she caught him again and this time Baelie has made it to the bay barking every breath right beside her dad,Drake! This buck is done!! Let’s go get the biggest deer you’ve ever shot and pick up my grand slam ball along the way🙂We are here to help if you need it!
Congratulations Matt Tuten on your biggest buck to date!✌🏼