09/15/2025
This post is going to be lengthy, but it was one hell of a day Sunday! 3 for 4 on the day in some pretty tough scenting conditions. But, Cash stayed locked in and neither of us gave up when we were having trouble!
The first track of the morning was shot the night before. They tracked 10 yards and backed out after seeing gut matter in the blood. We came in, and Cash marched right to the buck, he died in his first bed 60 yards away! Congrats Dakota!!💪🏻
The 2nd track of the day there was zero blood, no hair, nothing. Still, we tried it, but Cash showed very little interest so we believe it must have been a miss unfortunately!
Now the next two tracks were tough ones! Both midday when it was extremely hot and dry!
Cash and I showed up for the 3rd track and learned that the shot was on video and looked like mid body at the white belly line. We put him down at the shot site and he slowly worked his way across the standing bean field which seemed like it took an hour. I could tell something was off and he was struggling, so we went back to restart him. On the way back, they had stumbled across one little spot of blood just upwind of where Cash was running his line! It was clear that Cash was following the drifting scent cloud so we put him down to restart at the blood sight. Within seconds, Cash marched right to the buck! Congarts Noah!!!
And finally, our last track of the day looked like a good shot on video, but no blood. The shot was in a wide open, hilly hay field, so we didn’t have an exact shot site location or even a land mark to know where he went in. We worked around for an hour just trying to find the shot site. We were both wore out and decided to regroup and refocus mainly on the one hill in the field where we knew he was for sure. Finally, after about 50-75 yards walking the top of that hill, Cash locked in and started heading south east (not where we thought he went). Within minutes we were standing next to a dead buck! Congrats on an awesome buck Greyson!
I am very pleased with the first couple tracks of the year! They weren’t pretty, and they were by no means perfect, but we put three bucks on the tailgate! So overall, a successful weekend tracking! Thanks to everyone that trusted Cash and I to find their deer! And congrats to the youth hunters we were able to help and to all others who were successful this weekend! We are looking forward to the early dose season, which we will also be tracking for free and we are ready for bow season!💪🏻