Hoffman Deer Recovery & Training Kennel LLC

08/18/2026

I know I said I was going to draw Saturday night or Monday at some point for the Deerfest raffle but the days got away from me a bit. Here are our 2026 Deerfest winners:

Colton Hansen: Free dog/drone recovery or herd analysis

LeRoy Duda: Free dog/drone recovery or herd analysis

Roland Coonen: $100 gift card for apparel

Amy Lukaszewski: $50 gift card for apparel

For the apparel winners just FYI the apparel store for the year closes September 15th so just get your orders in before then. All winners can reach out to me with any questions of what the recovery or herd analysis all entails and the apparel gift card winners can reach out to me and I can walk you through how to do that. I appreciate everyone who stopped in at the booth and chatted whether new or familiar faces. Here’s a little reel of a past recovery of a 173” deer that went 3/4s of a mile from hit site that Freya put us on in no time to get everyone fired up to chase some deer here shortly! Get ready to watch Freya show off all fall once again and see more of Raven as well this year!

08/14/2026

Stop on down at Deerfest in Stevens point today and tomorrow I’ll be here. 2-7pm today and 10am-6pm Saturday. Sunday I will not be here I’ll be playing baseball. Reminder if you follow the page and stop in to the booth you’ll be entered for prizes such as $50-100 gift certificates to the apparel store(which is pinned on the page), free herd analysis or free dog or drone recovery. I will announce these prizes Saturday or Monday depending on what time allows. And if I’ve tracked one for you and you can find yourself on the picture boards you can get yourself a free hat. I tried to get most everyone I recovered for last year but not everyone fit.

07/31/2026

Another horse located and returned home safely! We had quite a nice group put together to get this one done quickly and efficiently! A few sightings several miles from the park he was lost at by locals got us in the right area. The ladies on the horses found us a footprint giving us a solid direction from the last sighting. Once located he took off on us and the park ranger sped off after him down the road with the lights on until he decided it was time to give up and come home. I had to move last minute to make sure I could get enough range in case he decided he didn’t want to stop. So didn’t get to quite catch the ranger chasing after him but got the capture! Second horse returned home in the last 10 days. Never know what the day will bring!

07/28/2026

VENDOR SPOTLIGHT. 🦌

Hoffman Deer Recovery & Training Kennel is coming to DeerFest 2026!

Trained tracking dogs to recover wounded deer when the blood trail runs cold — plus dog training services for hunters who want to build their own tracker.

Find them at Booth 26.

August 14–16 · Holiday Inn Convention Center · Stevens Point, WI

👉 deerfest.com/exhibitors

07/27/2026

https://www.3kcustom.com/shop

Here is the link for apparel for this year. We will leave it open for about 8 weeks here so get your orders in before then. I added some a few more options from last year and colors. Again I will be giving out several 50-100 gift cards for apparel at Deerfest August 14th and 15th. If you stop on in at our booth and show me you follow us on social media or if you stop by and follow at the booth you’ll be entered to win those along with several other really good prizes.

07/22/2026

August 14th and 15th I’ll be at Deerfest in Stevens Point! I most likely won’t be there the 16th. Stop on in and see us I’ll be doing quite a bit of giveaway stuff for my followers. If you stop by the booth and can find your pic on one of the billboards I’ll be giving you a free hat until I’m out of them. If you stop by the booth and can show me you’re already a follower or if you follow us at the booth (I’ll have QR codes for all of our social media available) you’ll be entered for several giveaway prizes which include multiple 50-100 dollar gift cards for my online apparel store, free tracking service, free herd analysis and more! This only goes for those who stop by the booth! I’ll be posting the annual apparel store here in the next few days and I’ll pin it so it’s at the top of the page. See you there!

🦌 If you've never been to DeerFest — let us introduce ourselves.

DeerFest is Wisconsin's ultimate outdoor experience. Hunting. Fishing. Conservation. Live demos. Family activities. And a whole lot of people who bleed camo.

August 14–16, 2026 · Holiday Inn Convention Center · Stevens Point, WI

This is the event you've been waiting for all year. More details dropping all month.

The Season Starts Here. 🌲

07/20/2026

First off I want to thank everyone who stopped by and chatted with us at Huntstock! I swear I have some of the most loyal followers in this business. I had so many of you guys/gals make the trip down and stop in. I got to see past clients I’ve trained dogs for, clients I’ve recovered deer for both dog and drone and just people who love to follow us throughout the fall. We booked multiple dogs for training for next year already at the event and also got to meet tons of people who haven’t heard of us yet. As soon we got back from Huntstock last night I got back to work laying lines for client dogs and this morning we were halfway through running everyone on tracks and I got a call for a horse that got out sometime between last night and this morning. We told them as soon as I had everyone ran I could pack up and head over. They got a trail cam pic of him a half mile away at 5 am and then looked around for him for a while and couldn’t find him. So we flew up from the last known spot they had the horse and located him a couple fields away to the south. The 26 year old had himself a nice little adventure but was more than ready to come back home to his buddies and looked to be in good health still just one little scratch on him.

07/17/2026

If you’re at Huntstock Midwest the next 3 days stop on down at the booth and talk deer hunting, dog training, dog tracking, or drones! Tons of great door prizes each day. Or if I’ve tracked for you see if your deer made one of the boards!

07/17/2026

We finally got Daphne home last night! She is the last of the 4th of July dogs that we were hired for to get back home. This dog was one of the hardest dogs to find that I’ve had in awhile. 16 days of following her with multiple 5-7 mile overnight trips covered by her along with the foilage and heat this time of the year brings. She finally got hungry enough and found a farm with dog food available to settle down on where we located her in the morning and could set up a game plan of how to best get her caught! These guys were from Colorado up for the holidays and can finally get back home! She was a tough one but always so rewarding when they finally get reunited! We appreciate all the tips and sighting reports when we get to looking for these lost dogs without them most of these dogs would not be returned home.

07/15/2026

Come on out and visit us July 17th-19th. Lots of great prizes being given away and a lot of faces you’ll recognize from the hunting industry that you’ll get the opportunity to talk with. Live music every night and some great seminars throughout the day!

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