Tough Luck

Well Dozer and i traveled to Glen Arbor area which is about 4 hrs drive to help Ryan find his buck of a lifetime. We arrived about 1230 in morning and got introduced and started or trek up the side of this hill which was just straight up. I didn't want dozer working to much on the way to the site so he got his first ride in my backpack which he did handled well. We got to the site and he said he had stumbled across some blood about a quarter mile away, i set Dozer down and told him to find the deer he took off and went the opposite dirct. off where the blood was at so we were concerned he was on the wrong deer but about a half mile later we arrived at his hat and gloves where he marked the blood he had found earlier that day so we new he was on the right deer. We found a few specks of blood and after he figured out which way the deer went it took a little while because it was so tracked up from searching the area we went the wrong dirct a couple times he got on a live deer and started voicing so we picked him up and brought him back to the blood and we traveled about another mile or more with no blood i was really starting to second guess whether the dog was on the right trail and sure enough he brought us to a wound bed that had a few drops of blood in and we went about another half mile to the swamp that was so thick we couldn't navigate and decided after 2 miles with barely any blood knowing that he hit the deer really high and center we were Leary to start knowing it may have not been a fatal shot but after 2miles of tracking we were pretty sure this deer is going to live to see another day. Wanted to thank Ryan for the opportunity to track his buck of a lifetime. I know the deer wasn't found but i gained a lot of confidence in Dozer ability to track that far with no blood.