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LaArk Game Recovery, 1141 Hill Church Road, Oak Grove, LA (2026)

01/08/2026

I will have another summary post when I get timebut I must tell this story. The B Team arrived at this teack for Richard about 11am today, roughly 19 hours after the arrow made contact with this awsome Buck. Richard, the hunter, stated he had shot the deer facing him and didn't get a pass through. He also said that the deer lunged forward after the shot, hit the ground. Then down in the front end, pushed his way forward, eventually getting up on all 4 legs to run out of sight. Richard and friends followed a good blood trail a pretty good ways, losing it in a grown up open field and finding the fletching end of the arrow. Ben started strong and we were not waisting any time following behind. This deer bedded around 800 yards into the track . At this point Ben had his first search, found the exit, tracked him 300 yards and came back to me. This usually means we are not finding the deer. As you know it was hot and humid today so I gave Ben a drink, lethim rest a bit and encouraged him to try to advance the track. Once he started back we continued to find blood easily. The deer entered the field again. I saw nothing that made me think we would recover this deer. But low and behold at 1.08 miles from the hitsite, Ben began to Bay this deer. I hurried to Bens rescue and slipped in for the shot. Ben had put his skills to work and put this deer on the tailgate.

If you will look at the entrance wound you will see that it is close to the jugular vein. I suspect that this broadhead nicked the jugular causing this deer to lose enough blood to become very weak. Also you can see on the shoulder where the mechanical Broadhead somehow cut the hide where it poked through the hide. This cut was about 10 inches long. I have no idea how it did this.

Richard and the rest of us got to see Ben put on a tracking and baying class on this Mississippi River Stud.

The B Team
870-510-2657

01/07/2026

The B team is having a record setting year. On Christmas Day we had found 44 deer of 92 tracks. Ben is doing most of the heavy lifting while Boone is enjoying being just like me, mostly retired.

Here is a summary of our tracks between December 14th and December 25th. We did not track December 20th through the 25th because we had too many family gatherings to fit that in. If we were not able to get to you we apologize but we sure did enjoy the break and our family!

We tracked 11 deer.
We tailgated only 4 deer. All 4 required Ben to use his excellent baying skills and my model 1911 45.
Of the ones we didn't find, some were tracked a long way.
1000 yards, 1100 yards, 8/10 mile, .98 mile and 300 yards.

The rifles produce many non fatal shots so it's not uncommon to have streaks with very few finds but Ben and Boone did excellent work.

One of the dear we found was an archery, liver shot. Ben was put to work 12 hours after the shot and found the deer $450 yards down the trail. The deer round another 150 yd, Brian caught up and finished the deal.

Another one that Ben had to be was for an 11-year-old who had made a bad shot a deer the day before. Ben came in on this one 18 hours after the shot and found it 250 yd away still alive but very weak. Again Brian had to catch up and help put this one on the tailgate with his 45.

The next one we showed up only 6 hours after the shot and our hunter had only found a few drops of blood about 80 yards from the hit site. Then tracked this deer very slowly to their point of loss and then continued to find the deer alive only 40 yards from where I parked my truck. The deer had a broken front leg. The woods were open and I could not get close enough to finish with my pistol. The deer broke into an open field and I was able to get the hunters rifle to finish this deer from about 80 yards. Then again showing his excellent baying skills.

The last one we found during this stretch was began 5 hours after the shot. Ben tracked about 400 yd and some thick CRP to find this deer very much alive. Ben gave Chase and the deer actually almost ran over us but went back into the CRP and ran close to a house and actually made within yards of the backyard. He was only about 75 yards from a pretty busy road as well. I was able to get out the 45 once again. These are very exciting and this deer went a total of 1200 yards.

We dont get them all but we give it our best.

The B Team
870-510-2657

12/22/2025

The B Team has lots of Christmas activities going on this week. We will not be tracking on monday, Wednesday or Thursday at all and we will only have limited availability on Tuesday. This is a fun time of the year. Enjoy your families and remember that Christ was conceived of the Holy Spirit In the Womb of the Virgin Mary. He was born and laid in a manger. He lived a sinless life but died a cruel death, taking my sin and nailing it to the cross of Calvary! I am so thankful that he came as a babe because that was prophesied and fulfilled but I am so thankful that he did not remain a babe but Took My Punishment and became my substitute. My propitiation! My faith is in him righteousness! My prayer of this Christmas season is that your faith is in Jesus Christ as your substitute and propitiation! Praise God that he sent Jesus Christ to save Sinners Like Me! Merry Christmas!

12/16/2025

The week of December 8th-13th was a trying one. The B Team went on 8 tracks and put 3 deeron the tailgate.
We had 2 clean misses and 3 that we think will live to see another day.

Our first trip to the tailgate was a deer that was supposd to be a quartering away shot that ener up being a Texas heart shot. This deer only went 225 yards but the hunter couldn't find enough blood to find him because he hardly bled. Thankful Ben at 16 hours post shot didnt need blood to tailgate this nice deer.

Our next was for my son-in-law Justin who arrowed a nice 8 point. Justin followed lots of blood for 100 yards. At that point Ben figured out that the buck make a 90° turn and folder up after another 100 yards. Congratulations Justin.

Lastly we finished up the week for Whitney who had used her rifle to shoot a really nice 8 point. This deer hit the grou and laid in the potato pile for a couple minutes then got up nd run off. Our only hope was Ben and his ability to get him stopped . Well Ben didn't disappoint. He encountered the Buck at 500 yards and stopped him at 1400 yards to give us the opportunity to stop the pain. Congratulations Whitney.

All in all a good week. This makes us 37/79 on the year thus far with lots of season to go. The B Team has been busy.

12/05/2025

This is a great sound to an Old Houndsman!
I love my Hound.
This is some good music!

12/05/2025

My Grandson Brooks has been with me yesterday and today. He is in Tracker Training and doing well. He has been on 3 tracks and we found all 3.

This afternoon we got to help some friends find their deer in which we knew it as a gut shot. We waited 5 hours and put Ben to work. In less than 200 yards Ben had him Bayed. The deer was still pretty strong and broke bay 2 times but the third time was a charm. Ole 45 got another.

12/05/2025

The B team has been at it again this week. Cooler temps has helped get the hunters out. Monday thru Thursday we have been on 9 tracks and put 6 deer on the tailgate. 3 of the 6 we found and Ben was able to hold at bay for dispatch.Here are a few highlights.

Monday we started off the day with a short track in which the coyotes had already found. Then to a non-fatal, frontal brisket shot. Then a 1 hour 20 minute drive to an 18 hour old track that the hunter had took 2 shots at. Turned out that he broke a front leg on the firsr and clipped the leg on the second. Ben loves these. He help him at bay while we waded thru the pine thickett to use the 45 to stop the misery.

Tuesday was a special track. I have made some really good friends with these dogs and Lee and Patty Walt are some of those friends. Patty arrowed a very nice 7 point in the rain on Monday afternoon. She discribed the arrow placement perfectly. Broadside, middle of deer with no pass thru. Her and Lee were concerned about the rain washing away the blood so they tried to track and did just that for a long way, leaving the very important TP trail for us to see. Ben doesn't need blood and the rain doesn't hinder his nose. He tracked right past their point of loss and found a great deer. Congratulations Patty. What a great experience! You are not a quitter for sure!!

Wednesday night Ben was called out to track what was thought to be a shoulder hit deer that bled lots up to his first bed then only drops. Ben tracked behind the first dog up to a deep slough where we took him around to check the other side. Ben said he didn't cross. We walked back around and on the way back, Ben was ahead of us. He crossed the trail of the deer and followed him into the CRP, bayed him up and held him for dispatch. Good boy Ben and very nice deer Chris.

Thursday we traveled to Crossett to help an old Softball friend find his leg shot deer. 450 yards and Ben held him at bay. Good to see you again Mark.
Then we got to see another old friend Michael and his son Jack when Ben found his very nice 12 point.

Lots of smiles this week so far. Ben is representing the BTeam well in his 5th season.

The B Team
870-510-2657

12/02/2025

Hello to my followers. I know some of you enjoy reading our stories. I apologize for the lack of post in the last days. Last week was the busiest 6 day stretch we ever had and we only actually tracked five of those days, Monday through Saturday. We hit a deer and messed up the front of my truck and we found a Cotter key somewhere in which we woke up to a flat. For the week we found 8 deer out of 19 tracks.
Of the ones that were not found, one was a total miss,
two were hit with a rifle above the spine which is non fatal but one of these Ben was able to get stopped for three times for a short while but the deer kept breaking Bay.
One was an archery shoulder blade shot which we were able to Advance the track for 600 yd before Ben could go no farther.
One was a brisket shot in which we were able to track 950 yards which is very unusual.

We had three deer that Ben was able to Bay up and my 45 was able to finish them off.
One of these had a broken front leg and a broken back leg and was able to go 400 yd before Ben found him to get him out of this misery.
Another one had a broken front leg and went 9/10 of a mile, broke Bay three times before Ben was able to hold him and the 45 was able to stop him.
The last one went 900 yd with a broken rear leg and a brisket injury, crossed one property line that we had to get permission to cross before Ben could get him stopped to bay him and wait for a follow-up shot right on the next property line and close to the neighbors backyard. Very exciting!!

I wish that I knew how many miles I traveled. Two nights I did not get in bed till 1:00 a.m. or so. Some days I was soaking wet with sweat and other days we were wet from the rain. Very good week for the B Team.
One of the high back hits was recorded. I will put the video in the first comment. Please take a look and if you ever see this happen, please put another round in them!

We are already busy again this week. Y'all call me if you need me and we will do our best.

The B team
Bryan, Ben and Boone
870-510-2657

11/13/2025

I appreciate my clients that trust us to find their trophys this time of the year. Please take time to look at these guidelines to help us be more successful.

The B Team is having a very successful season thus far. Here are our Stats.

34 total tracks
18 put on the tailgate

Out of these 34
1 complete miss
3 found alive by the dogs but too strong to get stopped
5 have been reported alive back on camera

If we tracked for you and you have Proof of Life please let me know.

11/13/2025

I guess i am tired. This is my Monday report of tracks. My previous post was Tuesday. We had a 2 out of 3 day.

We traveled North 1.5 hours to attempt to find a deer for a youth who had shot a very nice deer. His grandfather was in the stand with him at the time and they knew the direction that the deer went. They found blood at the hit site and then found that it was very little blood past that. The last spot of blood was about 60 yards out in the woods. The mistake was made and they brought lots of people to the woods to try to find their deer. They did not realize that every one of them that had stepped on the blood trail and then circling around in the woods makes it more difficult for the dog. Ben is pretty good is his job and we can usually work through the mess that is created by the tracking party if the deer is fatally injured but it takes lots more effort and time. My investigation of the hit site and the very short Blood Trail indicates that in my opinion this deer will live to see another day. I hope we are right. Although Ben had to work hard, he advanced this track another hundred yards but was unable to advance it any farther. We worked hard on this one and made a loop to see if we could pick him up outside of the foot tracks but we were unsuccessful. Maybe our hunter will get another chance at this one. I hope we are correct.

We traveled 1 hour to Lacey Arkansas where we met our hunter in the middle of the Woods. He had shot a doe the afternoon before and thought that the deer went West so he searched and searched but could never Advance the track. Ben made short work since this deer actually went East and Ben found him only 60 yards away in the Pines.

Then we traveled to Hamburg. Our hunter had already tracked his deer about 400 yards. I usually like to start at the hit site because I believe there is evidence at the hitsite that helps my dogs build a full and complete scent profile of the deer we are tracking but this time we started about 200 yd from the hitsite where the deer had crossed a road. Ben took to this one very easily, taking us to their point of loss. Ben continued on and then the deer made a big J shape at the end of the track. This deer actually only expired about 60 yards from where their point of loss was although he probably traveled another 150 yards to make the J. Ben worked this one out easy and we drug the deer to the truck.

It was a long day but good. If you learn anything from this experience please learn that you can grid search for your deer after a dog does his job. If you plan on getting a dog, whether it's us or another tracker, please do not grid search before we get there. We trackers want you to find your deer yourself if at all possible but our advice is when you run out of blood please search only about 30 or 40 yards from last blood. It makes our job much easier! We try to make it to as many calls to help Hunters as we can in one day and searching through I agreed search takes up very precious time that we could be spending helping others.

Happy Hunting to all.

The B Team
Bryan, Ben and Boone
870-510-2657

11/13/2025

The B Team was back in action on Monday after a much needed Lord's day rest!!

We started off the day going to a track where our hunter was hunting on a turn row in which he had very thick CRP to his West then open Rice Field to the east. He shot his dear very late and he thought the deer went to the CRP. He called us and we made plans and showed up the next morning to find the deer out in the open Rice Field. No tracking needed.

Next we met a hunter to find his deer that he shot late also and could not find the blood trail. This was a very easy one. The deer had only went 75 yards. Ben was very happy!

Next we made the 1.5 hour drive to Felsenthal. Our hunter had made a long shot on a buck that was chasing a doe. He shot the deer. At the hit side he found lots of white hair, a wad of Gray rooted hair with brown tips and a piece of fat. No blood at the hit site but there was a puddle of blood about 10 yards away where it appeared the deer had stopped and stood for a minute. We took a 10 minute boat ride and then an 800 yd walk to the hit site. I investigated and started Ben. He went to work quickly but he could not find an injured deer to track. I circled him around and he never found a deer to track. This is sometimes hard for the hunter to understand but during the rut we sometimes see this after a running book is hit. He is so in tune with chasing does he does not even realize that he is injured thus he does not give us what we need to track which is an injured deer. I circled Ben around about a hundred yards from the hit site and we never found anything to track. The evidence shows that this is more than likely a brisket shot and this deer will live to see another day!

Then we voted back to the boat dock and met another Hunter who had shot his buck the day before. We walked 700 yards in this time to the hit site. At the hit site we found a wad of cut white hair. Then another 10 yd and we found another wad of white hair. Ben took slowly to the track but following him about 40 yards away from the hit site we find another one of white hair. Then approximately 20 more yards and we finally see one very small drop a blood. Ben took a few minutes but very patiently and deliberately Advanced this track for $150 yards and come to give me that look. You know that look that says Daddy it's time to go. We are not going to find this one.

It was a long day but we met some very good people and give closure to some Hunters and found others trophy.

Bryan, Ben and Boone
The B team
870-510-2657

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