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I have had three calls this year. The first one was in Kentucky on opening day,
in which Quella took us 300 yards past the hunter's last blood to a thicket. The
hunter and myself were in disbelief about it being possible for the buck to make
it through it, because it was so thick, so we went back to the hunters point of
loss again and searched by eye for 30-45 minutes. I thought maybe the hot
weather made it to hard for Quella since it was hot out, so after 45 minutes or
so we were only able to take the track 15 yards, so I decided to try Quella
again after letting her cool down and giving her some water. Quella took me the
same way again to the same thicket, but this time I let her go through it and I
let the hunter hold on to the leash while I walked around it so I could pursue
on. After we reached the other side Quella started to open up and I immediately
found a small wound bed about the size of a small child's soccer ball. Now, me
and the hunter were pumped and we thought that maybe we would get a chance of
finding this buck since the trail was rather hot but we kept on pushing this
deer, with the deer too far ahead of us. The hunter was amazed on this young
dog's ability and quickly made her a star in his hunting circle of friends by
telling his club about this amazing little dachshund. This track was 8 hours
old, on a very dry day with low humidity and the temperature was 78 degrees.
Track number two Quella took
us across a creek, through the woods to the hunter's point of loss with ease, with
the hunter and his cousin laughing telling me that it took him 1hour and 45
minutes to cover the ground which Quella did in around 5 minutes. We took
the track another 600 yards to another property line, with only a drop here
every 40 to 50 yards to confirm that she was on the right trail. This track was
for a cousin of a good friend mine, who took his first shot at a deer for his
first time with a compound bow. We stopped at the property line and called it
off only to hear back from his cousin that he has seen the same deer again later
with an arrow sticking out of his shoulder.
This track was done around noon with temperatures in the mid 60s. The track
was 19 hours old.
Track number three Quella
found the doe 4 hours later after a good drenching rain. I was very sceptical
at first that she could do it, but she locked in on this track like I never seen
before moving her little legs with lightning speed and confidence. I slowed her
down of course, but I knew that I could let her go faster if I wanted. I
knew that she was on the right track by the way she was pulling, but I wanted to
look for sign at the same time, which I never saw until we were almost right
on top of the doe. I brought my wife for the first time and she was amazed on
how good she is. We did the track at 7pm.
I couldn't do track#4 because I was on a
camping trip with my wife, the boys and Quella, but I would have done it in a
heart beat if it wasn't for that. I had a feeling that I was going to get a
call, but I had to pass on it to keep the wife happy. I
feel grateful to own such a good tracking dog and for her understanding of my new
found hobby that I love. My friends get a kick out of seeing the waidwerk shoes that I train
with and the fridge full of deer blood and hooves, but I do know that they
understand that my dog and I are all business!!!
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