Tiny but Mighty Big Game Recovery

Tiny but Mighty Big Game Recovery Wound game tracking and recovery with dogs. Servicing the Eastern Upper Peninsula and Tip of the Mitt of Michigan.

05/06/2026

Big news, we have added a puppy in training for the season. This is Spice, she is a 4 month old Parson Russell Terrier, and this is her first introduction to a blood line. I dragged a chunk of liver about 50 yards and hung it just off the ground. She did fantastic with a couple puppy distractions. I can't wait to see how she progresses as we continue in her training.

The season is over and winter has set in. It's below 0 and the terriers are soaking up all the heat they can get. As I r...
01/16/2026

The season is over and winter has set in. It's below 0 and the terriers are soaking up all the heat they can get.

As I reflect on the 2025 season, we had a great season. We had 2 bear tracks, 1 recovered. 14 deer tracks with 5 recovered. We would have had done more tracks but I had a bunch of family emergencies this season. We are preparing for skijoring this winter and excited to get on the trail. I'll be posting pictures from the trail and races we participate in. Thank you to all the hunters and fans that support our tiny but mighty team.

I was plugging in all my equipment to have it ready for this evening and Rascal came out of her kennel to lay next to my...
11/17/2025

I was plugging in all my equipment to have it ready for this evening and Rascal came out of her kennel to lay next to my tracking backpack. This little girl loves her job even when she isn't feeling 100% yet.

Rascal says "Put me in coach!"

Rascal has been resting all day. She was able to eat a meal tonight and looking perkier. Still a ways to go before she b...
11/16/2025

Rascal has been resting all day. She was able to eat a meal tonight and looking perkier. Still a ways to go before she back to herself but she is on the mend.

I will be getting Flynn in shape a tuned up this week to still be able to help hunters. We will strictly be tracking at night for rifle season for all public land and private land. It is for safety reasons as there is lots of other hunters in the woods.

The unfortunate side of tracking at night.Rascal will be out for an unknown amount of time due to a hit by a porcupine. ...
11/16/2025

The unfortunate side of tracking at night.

Rascal will be out for an unknown amount of time due to a hit by a porcupine. We were tracking tonight and she got hit before I could pull her away. She is currently being taken good care of by the Kinross Veterinarian team.

Update: Rascal is out of surgery and doing well. Vet said there were a few really deep that needed cut out, so she has a couple stitches in her mouth. We are heading home to rest and getting her on the mend.

Rascal putting meat on the freezer today.Hunter arrowed this doe and only had blood at the hit site. Arrow looked like i...
11/13/2025

Rascal putting meat on the freezer today.

Hunter arrowed this doe and only had blood at the hit site. Arrow looked like it was a good hit with solid blood, just couldn't find a blood trail. Rascal made quick work of this 200 yard bloodless track. I feel the hunter would have found the deer but would have taken several hours as she circled the opposite direction he was thinking she went.

1-2 today. Had an early track for an older gentleman this morning. Rascal worked the track but lost interest after the a...
11/10/2025

1-2 today. Had an early track for an older gentleman this morning. Rascal worked the track but lost interest after the about 400 yards. Hunter thought he might have been a touch low. I agreed that I thought it was a brisket hit and the deer would live.

Second track we went to the hunter had good dark red blood. He found a wound bed the night before and figured it was a liver hit so he backed out and called us in. Rascal went on the track at about the 18 hour mark. We got to where the hunter had backed out and was able to advance the track finding new blood. That's when I heard a huge crash just ahead of us. The deer was still alive even after 18 hours. I knew he would need a follow up shot so I had the hunter c**k his cross bow and I let Rascal off lead. The deer was only 60 yards ahead of us and stopped in very tough shape. We were able to get into position and the hunter was able to get a perfect follow up shot to end the deer's suffering.

Congratulations on your public land buck.

Rascal and I helped find this gorgeous public land buck. We worked through a lot of distractions as the hunter and his f...
11/09/2025

Rascal and I helped find this gorgeous public land buck. We worked through a lot of distractions as the hunter and his family had walked through the blood trail and down several different deer trails looking the night before. After many restarts we were able to find the buck expired.

I got a wonderful puppy update tonight. Peanut has been in training all summer learning the ways of the tracking dog. To...
10/19/2025

I got a wonderful puppy update tonight. Peanut has been in training all summer learning the ways of the tracking dog. Tonight her handler got a call from a friend to see if she could find his deer. Peanut tracked the deer step for step making this her first real world recovery. At 9 months old, I couldn't be happier to see a puppy I bred getting to do jobs and following in their mother's footsteps. Looking forward to hearing more from this new Wisconsin tracking team.

Also I'm back from my trip and ready to get back into the woods.

I will be out of town starting tomorrow 10/8 until 10/15 due to a death in the family. I have attached both the Michigan...
10/08/2025

I will be out of town starting tomorrow 10/8 until 10/15 due to a death in the family. I have attached both the Michigan Deer Trackers and the Michigan Deer Tracking Network lists to hopefully help hunter's out while I'm gone.

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