Nh tracking dogs
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frontierrots
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TRACKER MAP
www.google.com
This link works best in browser instead of Facebook
PLEASE DO NOT message trackers-call or text only!
NH TRACKER MAP LINK And HUNTER INFO
Please read this entire post
ABOVE is the link to 2022 tracking dog handler map , it will be updated periodically from late August until December
Also here’s the Fg list in non map format https://wildlife.state.nh.us/hunting/leashed-dog-tracking.html
HUNTERS
We hope you don’t need us, but should you require the assistance of a leashed tracking dog team (dog trackers/blood trackers) here are some tips
A- find the tracking list before you go hunting and program both fg dispatch and the closest trackers number into your phone
(I’ll be updating the google map regularly and the list is available on the F&g website)
B- if you decide you might need a tracker then
1- don’t step in the blood
2- mark where you were standing, where the deer/bear/moose was standing and the blood trail periodically especially last blood
3- make sure you can get back to the hit site and last blood, do not count on a pin drop on your phone
4- picture in your mind where you think you hit the animal and what it did reaction wise. Know what time you shot the animal
5- call a tracker or fg dispatch
6- tracker will give you a phone interview, they might ask lots of questions and they may ask you for name address tel number email and hunting license number
7- be aware the tracker may be busy, you may need to wait til they are done to come track for you
If you don’t get a hold of the closest tracker start working outward distance wise because many of us will drive distances. If a tracker has committed to you please wait for them unless you cancel before they leave their house
8- ALL trackers MUST be licensed by fg, even if tracking for friends and family AND the dog MUST by law remain on a leash held by the tracker at all times
9- IT IS ILLEGAL for trackers to charge a fee at all in any way. A voluntary hunter offered tip or donation is legal and greatly appreciated as those help cover gas, license fees, dog food and vet bills
Good luck and may your first shot do the trick
2022 NH Leashed Tracking Dog Handlers - Google My Maps
Listing of NH F&G Leashed Tracking Dog handlers. This list is updated periodically from August until Dec -this list is created using FG list and/or photos of licenses trackers send me as FG only updates list once a month
PLEASE DO NOT message trackers-call or text only!
NH TRACKER MAP LINK And HUNTER INFO
Please read this entire post
ABOVE is the link to 2022 tracking dog handler map , it will be updated periodically from late August until December
Also here’s the Fg list in non map format https://wildlife.state.nh.us/hunting/leashed-dog-tracking.html
HUNTERS
We hope you don’t need us, but should you require the assistance of a leashed tracking dog team (dog trackers/blood trackers) here are some tips
A- find the tracking list before you go hunting and program both fg dispatch and the closest trackers number into your phone
(I’ll be updating the google map regularly and the list is available on the F&g website)
B- if you decide you might need a tracker then
1- don’t step in the blood
2- mark where you were standing, where the deer/bear/moose was standing and the blood trail periodically especially last blood
3- make sure you can get back to the hit site and last blood, do not count on a pin drop on your phone
4- picture in your mind where you think you hit the animal and what it did reaction wise. Know what time you shot the animal
5- call a tracker or fg dispatch
6- tracker will give you a phone interview, they might ask lots of questions and they may ask you for name address tel number email and hunting license number
7- be aware the tracker may be busy, you may need to wait til they are done to come track for you
If you don’t get a hold of the closest tracker start working outward distance wise because many of us will drive distances. If a tracker has committed to you please wait for them unless you cancel before they leave their house
8- ALL trackers MUST be licensed by fg, even if tracking for friends and family AND the dog MUST by law remain on a leash held by the tracker at all times
9- IT IS ILLEGAL for trackers to charge a fee at all in any way. A voluntary hunter offered tip or donation is legal and greatly appreciated as those help cover gas, license fees, dog food and vet bills
Good luck and may your first shot do the trick
frontierrots
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If you have a tracking team out and it’s a non recovery
PLEASE let your tracker know if
-The deer/bear is killed later on
-The deer/bear is seen in person or on camera later on (if camera sending photo is helpful)
-found dead later on and where in relation to track
We aren’t magic
-Deer/bear often survive
Deer/bear sometimes die days or weeks later but were too lively at track time
-deer/bear are frequently killed by other hunters
Getting these updates helps us with resolution
Thank you so much!
PLEASE let your tracker know if
-The deer/bear is killed later on
-The deer/bear is seen in person or on camera later on (if camera sending photo is helpful)
-found dead later on and where in relation to track
We aren’t magic
-Deer/bear often survive
Deer/bear sometimes die days or weeks later but were too lively at track time
-deer/bear are frequently killed by other hunters
Getting these updates helps us with resolution
Thank you so much!
frontierrots
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Coyotes
Almost every call we get the hunter is worried about coyotes getting the deer
I get that worry, we do see our share of both coyote and bear eaten deer that we track
Here’s the best advice I can give you
Don’t push your deer
Coyote and bear have to either be downwind of your wounded deer OR stumble across the wounded deers path to find it. They aren’t magic
Just like a tracking dog the nose has to smell it to find it
If your wounded deer goes 50-100 yards, lays down, is given time to die.. your odds a coyote or bear will find it are not zero but they are very improved
If you track too soon and bump that deer you have now made a much longer blood/wounded deer trail, spread the wounded scent farther and tripled the odds that your deer will be found by a coyote or bear.
Letting a deer lay won’t guarantee we will find it, but it does up your odds and also decreases odds of predation
Almost every call we get the hunter is worried about coyotes getting the deer
I get that worry, we do see our share of both coyote and bear eaten deer that we track
Here’s the best advice I can give you
Don’t push your deer
Coyote and bear have to either be downwind of your wounded deer OR stumble across the wounded deers path to find it. They aren’t magic
Just like a tracking dog the nose has to smell it to find it
If your wounded deer goes 50-100 yards, lays down, is given time to die.. your odds a coyote or bear will find it are not zero but they are very improved
If you track too soon and bump that deer you have now made a much longer blood/wounded deer trail, spread the wounded scent farther and tripled the odds that your deer will be found by a coyote or bear.
Letting a deer lay won’t guarantee we will find it, but it does up your odds and also decreases odds of predation
frontierrots
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What to do after the shot
frontierrots
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People ask us a lot about fees
In fact it’s usually the first question I get “how much do you charge?”
NH trackers are forbidden by rule/law to charge a fee or discuss ”average tip”
We ARE allowed to accept voluntary tips or gifts to help with gas, dog food, medical care, gear, etc…..
I’ve been tracking since the 2008 season and I would not change this even if I could. Why?
Because tip based tracking enables EVERY hunter and EVERY animal equal chance at getting tracked regardless of wallet contents or animal sex/size. No person is excluded based on ability to pay, no animal is ignored based on sex/size only restrictions are ability to locate a tracker with the available time to come run your track
So what’s involved in being a tracker financially?
*NH hunting license
*NH tracking license
*Clothing, boots (multi), and other gear and supplies
*Dog
*Dog gear
*Vehicle upkeep and repairs during season
*Vehicle fuel (trackers average 2000-6000 miles driven +/- during season)
*Human medical care for injuries
*Dog medical care for injuries
*Extra food for both human and dog above normal volume
Plus missed dinners and family time
In fact it’s usually the first question I get “how much do you charge?”
NH trackers are forbidden by rule/law to charge a fee or discuss ”average tip”
We ARE allowed to accept voluntary tips or gifts to help with gas, dog food, medical care, gear, etc…..
I’ve been tracking since the 2008 season and I would not change this even if I could. Why?
Because tip based tracking enables EVERY hunter and EVERY animal equal chance at getting tracked regardless of wallet contents or animal sex/size. No person is excluded based on ability to pay, no animal is ignored based on sex/size only restrictions are ability to locate a tracker with the available time to come run your track
So what’s involved in being a tracker financially?
*NH hunting license
*NH tracking license
*Clothing, boots (multi), and other gear and supplies
*Dog
*Dog gear
*Vehicle upkeep and repairs during season
*Vehicle fuel (trackers average 2000-6000 miles driven +/- during season)
*Human medical care for injuries
*Dog medical care for injuries
*Extra food for both human and dog above normal volume
Plus missed dinners and family time
frontierrots
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Bow hunters take note
A large number of archery tracks we are unable to recover are often the result of these four items:
-shot beyond 40 yards compound/traditional or beyond 50 yards crossbow
-less than ideal angles (head on, quartering towards or hard quartering away)
-steep angles
- attempting to follow deer too soon and bumping it/giving it anew burst of adrenaline
Absolutely accidental deflections, equipment malfunction or just “shit luck” contribute to non recoveries, but the above list are the biggest category
Please use common sense and patience
We want to recover your deer as much as you do
A large number of archery tracks we are unable to recover are often the result of these four items:
-shot beyond 40 yards compound/traditional or beyond 50 yards crossbow
-less than ideal angles (head on, quartering towards or hard quartering away)
-steep angles
- attempting to follow deer too soon and bumping it/giving it anew burst of adrenaline
Absolutely accidental deflections, equipment malfunction or just “shit luck” contribute to non recoveries, but the above list are the biggest category
Please use common sense and patience
We want to recover your deer as much as you do
frontierrots
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For photos of recoveries
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Nh blood trackers
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Nh blood trackers
frontierrots
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2022 track #29
Insane epic track with the craziest series of events
*Hunter shoots buck finds gut matter on arrow even though shot looked good
*Leaves me hands down the best and most detailed voicemail ever
*We decide to let deer lay 4 hours
*watch video footage it looks good. Rear lung and liver . Should be a good track with us as insurance
*35 minute walk in to shot site through mud and dense baby evergreens
* Bullet takes the track good and eventually we have A LOT of blood (with one bloodless area) up to a bed
*deer should be dead in bed why is deer not dead in bed?!!
* after much work Bullet finds the “out” leap from the bed
* we later determine a single coyote bumped the buck and was following it hoping it would slow down enough- nope
*buck then pulled some back track and repeat back track that took a lot of work but we got it
* blood is now mostly small and spreading out farther
* buck is leaping waist high logs and even triple logs and dodging through boulder field areas trying to lose coyote
* we see coyote on the trail but don’t get the true significance til later
*I step in hole between boulders and come the closest to breaking my leg in my life. Leg is now b/b 2/3 of my calf/shin
*buck acts like he’s going to bed but changes mind
* we find millipedes eating blood on logs!
*closing in on a road the buck is finally semi running. Runs across road dripping blood ,across weed area and dives off the river bank bluff into the river!wtf (coyote gave up here)
* walk around to search the other side for the bucks river exit and Fail.
* a woodcock helicopter hovers next to us three separate times all but landing on us
*4 hours since our arrival we walk back to car
* hunter runs into random dude at 3:30 am who saw a deer (although it was likely a doe, it kept the guys searching)
*they jump what they think is the buck about 100 yards from where we were searching
* hunter sleeps in truck (dedication)
* I never check my texts while tracking but at a spot I was giving Bullet a break I call hunter back and he tells me what’s up
* finish track I’m on return 9 texts and calls and head on back to the river
*we go in where they thought jumped buck and bullet finds blood, then a bed and the beaver slide to river
* looked like buck was bedded next to slide jumped forward startled ,stood and dripped, then spun and dove down the bank slide
*we give bullet a loop but he is sure
* walk back to check other side and bullet gets nothing at road edge
* decide to walk river edge and I see a narrow beach below river bank and hop down to walk along it
* find bloody leaf and the buck whose barely alive
* 18 hours post shot
Both rear lungs, liver have holes and a stomach slice
Who would ever think a buck would live more than minutes with that?
* 194 lbs with funky antler and crossed toes on one foot
Wonderful hunters, Bullet was on fire and a good ending
Map photo “Jump at 3 am “ should say 4 am
Insane epic track with the craziest series of events
*Hunter shoots buck finds gut matter on arrow even though shot looked good
*Leaves me hands down the best and most detailed voicemail ever
*We decide to let deer lay 4 hours
*watch video footage it looks good. Rear lung and liver . Should be a good track with us as insurance
*35 minute walk in to shot site through mud and dense baby evergreens
* Bullet takes the track good and eventually we have A LOT of blood (with one bloodless area) up to a bed
*deer should be dead in bed why is deer not dead in bed?!!
* after much work Bullet finds the “out” leap from the bed
* we later determine a single coyote bumped the buck and was following it hoping it would slow down enough- nope
*buck then pulled some back track and repeat back track that took a lot of work but we got it
* blood is now mostly small and spreading out farther
* buck is leaping waist high logs and even triple logs and dodging through boulder field areas trying to lose coyote
* we see coyote on the trail but don’t get the true significance til later
*I step in hole between boulders and come the closest to breaking my leg in my life. Leg is now b/b 2/3 of my calf/shin
*buck acts like he’s going to bed but changes mind
* we find millipedes eating blood on logs!
*closing in on a road the buck is finally semi running. Runs across road dripping blood ,across weed area and dives off the river bank bluff into the river!wtf (coyote gave up here)
* walk around to search the other side for the bucks river exit and Fail.
* a woodcock helicopter hovers next to us three separate times all but landing on us
*4 hours since our arrival we walk back to car
* hunter runs into random dude at 3:30 am who saw a deer (although it was likely a doe, it kept the guys searching)
*they jump what they think is the buck about 100 yards from where we were searching
* hunter sleeps in truck (dedication)
* I never check my texts while tracking but at a spot I was giving Bullet a break I call hunter back and he tells me what’s up
* finish track I’m on return 9 texts and calls and head on back to the river
*we go in where they thought jumped buck and bullet finds blood, then a bed and the beaver slide to river
* looked like buck was bedded next to slide jumped forward startled ,stood and dripped, then spun and dove down the bank slide
*we give bullet a loop but he is sure
* walk back to check other side and bullet gets nothing at road edge
* decide to walk river edge and I see a narrow beach below river bank and hop down to walk along it
* find bloody leaf and the buck whose barely alive
* 18 hours post shot
Both rear lungs, liver have holes and a stomach slice
Who would ever think a buck would live more than minutes with that?
* 194 lbs with funky antler and crossed toes on one foot
Wonderful hunters, Bullet was on fire and a good ending
Map photo “Jump at 3 am “ should say 4 am
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longbow
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Nice job tracking!
Any idea of what kind of broadhead he was using and was it sharp?
Any idea of what kind of broadhead he was using and was it sharp?
frontierrots
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It was blazing sharp and the cuts from all blades could be seen on entrance and exit and both lungs and liver
Full pass through and totally undamaged blades and still super sharp
Brand new out of package g5 Montec fixed blade
It was blazing sharp and the cuts from all blades could be seen on entrance and exit and both lungs and liver
Full pass through and totally undamaged blades and still super sharp
NoDeerHere
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Incredible story. Great determination with you, the dog and the hunter. Glad it was recovered. I used a tracker last year on the buck I shot in the leg. She tracks in NH and Maine you may know her? Her name is Joanne Greer and she has an outstanding dog too.
benny8
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Awesome job Diane and Bullet! Awesome service these trackers afford hunters!
frontierrots
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Yes Joanne is amazing!
frontierrots
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Hunter posted video
BDB
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Wow, great track and story. It's crazy that that buck was still alive given both lungs were hit. As you said, this should have been a dead deer in less than 1 minute not 18 hours. Great job on the recovery!!
NH Hunter
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Excellent job guys. Congrats to the hunter. I enjoyed the video. Incase he sees this, thanks for not having some screaming guitar riff playing while you were waiting for the deer to give you the shot. I respect the hell out of him pursuing the recovery.
frontierrots
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When taking your shot
Goal- as close to broadside as possible. Slight qtr away is way better than qtr towards or head on
Stay calm, pay attention to deer and surroundings
Before you move from that spot
Take a picture of where deer was standing or pick out a landmark
If shooting with muzzleloader hold gun to shoulder and watch deer as best as you can through sights for a count of 5, don’t do the “lookie loo” left/right/up/down
Don’t be in a rush to charge to the hit site. Focus on sounds and give the deer some time
If the deer drops at the shot, for god sake shoot it again in the chest even if it looks like 50,000 Volts could not resurrect it
Do your best to guess where you hit the deer
Examine the hit site before charging forth to track
Take pics if need be
Type hair found
Any flesh fat or bone?
What does blood look like and does it smell?
If bow hunting is arrow handy? What’s the sign on it?
If muzzle loader, remember many ML hits especially if over 60 yards- don’t exit and may not bleed right away if at all- don’t assume you missed
Flag hit site and the blood trail periodically with long streamers tp or degradable tape
If you run out of blood decide if you are calling a dog team. If you call a dog team get out of the woods and stay out until the team arrives no exceptions unless handler ASKS you to look for something
Good luck!
Goal- as close to broadside as possible. Slight qtr away is way better than qtr towards or head on
Stay calm, pay attention to deer and surroundings
Before you move from that spot
Take a picture of where deer was standing or pick out a landmark
If shooting with muzzleloader hold gun to shoulder and watch deer as best as you can through sights for a count of 5, don’t do the “lookie loo” left/right/up/down
Don’t be in a rush to charge to the hit site. Focus on sounds and give the deer some time
If the deer drops at the shot, for god sake shoot it again in the chest even if it looks like 50,000 Volts could not resurrect it
Do your best to guess where you hit the deer
Examine the hit site before charging forth to track
Take pics if need be
Type hair found
Any flesh fat or bone?
What does blood look like and does it smell?
If bow hunting is arrow handy? What’s the sign on it?
If muzzle loader, remember many ML hits especially if over 60 yards- don’t exit and may not bleed right away if at all- don’t assume you missed
Flag hit site and the blood trail periodically with long streamers tp or degradable tape
If you run out of blood decide if you are calling a dog team. If you call a dog team get out of the woods and stay out until the team arrives no exceptions unless handler ASKS you to look for something
Good luck!
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