The other night I arrowed a little buck from my property. He was one of many lopsided racked bucks thar i see on my property. 4 points on one side, and just a little nub on the other side. He passed in front of my blind thats built into the understory of a large cedar tree. He stood in front of me at 4 yards when i released the arrow. The shot looked good and the buck was off to the races, spraying blood the whole way.
Figured this would be a good introduction to blood trailing for my 5 year old daughter, Dylann, so i go home, gather up the wife and kid and come back out and take up the trail.
The trail was easy to follow. Everything was coated in blood. Dylann had no trouble following the blood down the hill anout 60 yards where it met up with a trail and went between 2 cedars and crossed a little gully.
Then it stopped. No tracks, no blood, nothing. What was just spraying all over the leaves and bluestem, had disappeared. The only sign was 2 very large puddles of blood, where the deer had stopped. Then, nothing. For the next 45 minutes me, my wife, and my daughter were fanned out looking for any speck of blood. I was beginning to wonder if my buck had been abducted by aliens.
While i was searching up and down the gully, I heard my Dylanns voice. "Daddy, i found some blood!" I could tell by where her headlamp was, she was back where the deer had come down the hill.
"No, Cam, this is different." My wife said. "This is a tiny drop and its not with the other trail."
So i cross the gully and join up where my daughter and wife was. Sure enough, a SMALL drop on a green blade of grass, a good 5 yards from the original trail.
The buck had backtracked and changed directions.
For about 20 yards my daughter was hunched over in grass twice her height, finding blood that I couldnt see until she pointed it out to me.
So I stepped back. And told my wife to do the same. This was Dylanns tracking job now, and she was on point. The light blood trail continued for another 40 yards, the kid never took her eyes off the ground, except for when we jumped a covey of quail, which made all of us jump.
My daughter followed the trail to a dry creek bed where the blood got easier to find, then up the other side into a meadow with high grass again. Me and my wife stayed about 5 yards behind the whole time.
Suddently, Dylann stops and says in her loudest whisper, "YALL!!! THERES A DEER RIGHT HERE!"
I may have killed it, but this is my daughters deer. I honestly dont know that i wouldve found this deer without her finding where he backtracked.
For those wondering, I shot this buck at 4 yards with my Great Plains B Model recurve, 48#@28in with. A 530gr Beman MFX Classic shaft and an Ace Standard head with 75gr adapter.
Thanks for reading. Cam
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Nice little buck,congratulations!
Cute little tracker ya got there.
Congrats, great story and that is one special little girl you got there! :clapper:
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Thanks for sharing. :thumbsup:
Your daughter sounds ready for a side job tracking deer. Glad the search worked out well for y'all.
Great job, family!!
Love her expression, she is like" that was easy" :biglaugh:
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:thumbsup: cool stuff
Great story and thanks for posting. Enjoy that daughter! Time will fly fast.
Outstanding !!!!!!
Well done and well played. Congrats to all
Great story and cute little Tracker. Her expression says it all
That's the story of the year! Congrats on your part and a BIG :clapper: :clapper: :clapper: for Dylann!!!
One proud little girl, and one proud dad! Good on you both.
I remember taking walks with my daughter when she was around that age, and she'd always see things that I was missing.
Great story..One you will always Cherish, Good Job...
Great job...do you rent her out, lol?
Great job Dylann :clapper: :clapper (you too dad)
Well that was a cool story
Thanks for sharing with everyone Cam! She is a cutie for sure. Can she dance like her Daddy? Keep making memories my friend.
Good job tracking young lady. Those young eyes can see better than our older ones.
Great tracking job Dylan! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Quote from: Mike Bolin on October 18, 2020, 08:48:49 PM
Can she dance like her Daddy?
Haha! No. Nobody cuts a rug better than me. Come chase some pigs with me bro.
Way to go, Dylann (and dad).
4 yards is my kinda shot! Love having them up that close!
Well done to both of you for sticking with the trail. Sometimes I wonder if kids being closer to the ground see what we might miss otherwise.
Pure awesomeness!!!!!
Congrats on your buck!
Bisch
What a great story, thanks for sharing. Congratulations!
Outstanding all the way around! :clapper: :thumbsup:
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Quote from: Tom on October 19, 2020, 06:00:06 AM
Well done to both of you for sticking with the trail. Sometimes I wonder if kids being closer to the ground see what we might miss otherwise.
I have no doubt. My kid sees a fly from across the room and I cant see my phone screen if its closer than 12' or further than 14'!
Congrats! Both on the buck and the wonderful parenting.
Who needs a tracking dog when you have kids who love spending time with dad out in the woods. In a few years she'll be big enough to drag out your deer for ya. Good Job Dad! :thumbsup:
Well done to the whole family! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Nothing warms my heart more than a kid story, with the exception being a kid/archery/hunting story! Kudos to you for not only getting Dylann involved, but the whole family! You are making bonds that will never be broken. Outstanding job to all of you!
Fine little tracker and a great story,just doesn't get any better than that, Enjoy. :clapper:
That's awesome Congratulations what a great story
Ah, the eyes of the young..... You got one great tracker there. Congrats to both of you.
Teamwork makes the dream work my brother! Well done!!
This is really great!!!
Awesome!
Very cool. Congratulations
Great story. Congrats to you and your daughter!
Great write up
Congratulations to Dylann on her deer! :biglaugh:
Amazing and Awesome! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :archer: :campfire:
I have heard of tracking dogs, but never a tracking daughter ! :biglaugh: You got a treasure there, im seeing a potential blood trailing service here...., $$$ ! :clapper:
Quote from: randy grider on November 04, 2020, 12:23:56 PM
I have heard of tracking dogs, but never a tracking daughter ! :biglaugh: You got a treasure there, im seeing a potential blood trailing service here...., $$$ ! :clapper:
Cha ching!! Med school paid for!