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One bull was shot last night and the other this morning, so i'm pretty sure they are going to want to get them out today. I will pass on tbe information though.

They are off the 300 rd near Washington park?

I just got a little more info they have 2 bulls down.

The manzanita is real, it is cut when still red and stored indoors till dried. If it is kept out of the sun the red color stays. Then use a non yellowing sealer on it.

Nyala Pedestal mount for forum member "coueselk"

Yes Jim you can. Same as if you bought it at a yard sale, or picked it up as a dead head.

Took some customer/friends out predator calling a while back, they scored a father and son double on our last set. This is the trophy we created for them to remember that day.

These 2 bucks were taken in a rut hunt down in Mexico. The hunter wanted to recreate the feel of the hunt and this is what we came up with for him.

We have a Bloodhound we have trained to blood trail, and with the hunting season upon us, and hearing every year of lost game animals, we have decided to “rent” out Daisy to assist with recovering your animal. Daisy will blood trail any wounded animal, deer, elk, bear, antelope, ect…. She helped recover some elk last year for a couple hunters. Since then we have spent many more hours in bloodtrail training with Daisy. So if you think you may want to use a blood trail dog to help recover your animal, here are a few things you should know: heat, wind, and time are detriments to a successful recovery, so is a trail that has been trampled to death by hunters and their buddies looking for the animal. Try to not contaminate the blood trail (walk next to, not on, visible blood) and if after an initial search,(don't wait to long...the shorter the time between when you shoot and when you get the dog to the area the better, within 18 hrs or less) you decide if you want to use the dog, back out and make the call. We will help determine if the conditions are good for a successful recovery, so as not to waste anyone’s time and money. If you have any questions or for more information give us a call. 928-238-0094 Heather 928-238-0097 Dale

This is an awesome opportunity for kids and novice hunters, we will be taking our kids.

Heres a little background on Daisy and why we are offering this service. We got Daisy a few years ago, her owner had gone through a divorce and was in a position that he couldn't keep her. She was at least 50 lbs overweight and did not even know what her nose was for. We brought her home and started taking her for walks and along on horseback rides, we also put her on a raw meat diet, she eats roughly 400 lbs of meat, bones and organs a year. After a while it became apparent that she was a working fool and would trail anything, so we decided to give her a job. Renting her out as a bloodtrail dog seemed the best way for her to do what she was bred for so we started training her in that direction. The 'price' to rent Daisy is a suggested donation of $75 per day, which will go directly towards her feed bill, we are not looking to make a business out of this just want Daisy to be able to help people out.

I appreciate everybodys concern, I realize there is alot of confusion around this topic. I did not take offense at anyones posts, and also appreciate that there are people concerned enough to post here, either in warning or in defense of my intelligence. The purpose of this post is to offer a needed service to hunters who have lost a game animal, I think we all know how that feels, and while the dog is not a guarantee it does extend their options.

My kids drew thier 2nd choice Oct Coues(will be thier first deer hunt) and after 7 yrs my wife finally drew the Dec Coues tag!!!

Bonecollector777 that part is handled through FS and yes we have talked to them also. I belive we have done our homework and are good to go.

Becker, I spoke with multiple G&F officers before deciding to go ahead with this. There are several "rules" that need to be followed. The dog has to remained leashed at all times, the hunter/tag holder is not allowed to be armed while using the dog to try and recover the game animal, and if at any point it is determined that the animal is only wounded and not dead the hunter must stop trailing with the dog and remove the dog from the area. If any trailing is done on a known wounded animal it is then considered "pursuit" and is illegal.

We have a Bloodhound we have trained to blood trail, and with the hunting season upon us, and hearing every year of lost game animals, we have decided to “rent” out Daisy to assist with recovering your animal. Daisy will blood trail any wounded animal, deer, elk, bear, antelope, ect…. She helped recover some elk last year for a couple hunters. Since then we have spent many more hours in bloodtrail training with Daisy. So if you think you may want to use a blood trail dog to help recover your animal, here are a few things you should know: heat, wind, and time are detriments to a successful recovery, so is a trail that has been trampled to death by hunters and their buddies looking for the animal. Try to not contaminate the blood trail (walk next to, not on, visible blood) and if after an initial search,(don't wait to long...the shorter the time between when you shoot and when you get the dog to the area the better, within 18 hrs or less) you decide if you want to use the dog, back out and make the call. We will help determine if the conditions are good for a successful recovery, so as not to waste anyone’s time and money. If you have any questions or for more information give us a call. 928-238-0094 Heather 928-238-0097 Dale

Out2hunt, yes there is a Jr any antlered hunt in 23, my kids didn't draw that tag though.They drew the general oct coues tag. Good luck on your hunts and feel free to stop by the shop if your in Young.

This was a fun piece to work on...love it when the client gives you free range on a piece.

Since hunting season is coming around again I thought I would post some information on blood tracking with a dog. We received quite a few calls last season for our Blood Hound to try and help find wounded game, I also read many posts where hunters searched for days for their wounded animal before calling in a dog, I'm hoping this post sheds some light on how, your search actions, timing and weather conditions can effect a tracking dog. SCENT-TRACKING---AS IT RELATES TO WORKING BLOOD Utilizing the DIRECTIONAL SCENT FUNNEL produced by a wounded animal Tracking with a dog is all about "scents'". Obviously, a tracking dog does not depend on its sight to follow a visible blood line to where a wounded animal is located. The scent-quality of the blood track that a dog is trying to follow is not always determined by the amount of blood that the hunter or dog handler can SEE. Actually, scent-quality boils down to what the dog is able to smell---and move in the proper direction. A concept that MUST be imprinted in the mind-set of anyone who is handling tracking dogs is this---WHAT A HUMAN IS SEEING IS NOT THE SAME AS WHAT A DOG IS SMELLING!!! You may not be able to see one drop of visible blood, but the dog may be able to almost run along an apparent "invisible" blood trail like there was blood poured out from a bucket. Then on the other hand, you may SEE a significant amount of blood, yet the dog may act like he doesn't have a clue where to start the blood line. In other words, one track may seem good to you, because you can see a steady visible blood line, but that does not mean that the tracking dog is SMELLING what you are SEEING. Another possibility to consider is that the dog may not actually be having any problem SMELLING, but a lot of trouble ATTACHING A DIRECTION to the scent it is smelling. Actually A TRACKING DOG IS NOT JUST DEPENDING ON THE SMELL OF BLOOD to find a wounded animal. There are all types of external body scents---as well as various fluids(sera) and pheromones---that a distressed wounded animal may be emitting along a "blood" line. A good tracking dog will not only associate blood with a wounded animal--- but also the other tell-tale scents that are left along the trail of a retreating animal in distress. So when "blood scent" is limited---there may be other scents that can be easily picked up by the discerning nose of the wounded game recovery dog. If blood volume is lacking along a track line---there may be plenty of other scents available---that enable a dog to easily follow the retreating animal. An animal that has been hit hard by an arrow or a bullet in a vital area is going to definitely be leaving behind more discernible "distress scent" than an animal that has received a marginal hit. The more external blood---and the more physical stress involved---usually the easier the track (but not always). "Much blood" cannot always be associated with "much DISCERNIBLE scent"---especially when you mix in the TIME ELEMENT involved. A lot of good scent from blood and the distress factor can be tainted and easily diminished by a long time delay or from interference from human activity. When I was a kid, I loved it when a jet would streak across the sky leaving a narrow vapor trail behind it. You could not always SEE the aircraft itself, but you could definitely follow the flight of the airplane by the vapor trailing behind it. Right behind the jet, you always had a very narrow line of vapor that helped you pin-point the exact flight that the aircraft was taking. If you looked farther back behind the jet, however, you would see that the once-narrow vapor line has gradually grown wider. What was once a clear line has started to become torn apart and spread out by upper winds. The older the segment of the vapor trail---the more dispersion and the less visible discernment of the exact direction that the jet had taken. A wounded animal is leaving behind a trail that is similar to the vapor trail you have seen from jets flying across the skies. Immediately behind the fleeing critter is a narrow line of strong directional scent. The strength of this early directional scent may be determined by the amount of visible blood, but not necessarily. Again, remember that BLOOD IS NOT THE ONLY SCENT INVOLVED IN THE SCENT (VAPOR) TRAIL THAT IS BEING LEFT BEHIND. As the animal puts distance along its escape route, the funnel of scent is expanding and dispersing similar to what you are seeing with the vapor trail of the jet. As time passes, the scent is dispersed by a prevailing wind (or possibly in many directions by variable winds). Atmospheric conditions---like barometric pressure, surface-ground moisture, and relative humidity---are factors that may also influence the "scent cone or funnel" left behind by a retreating wounded animal. THE "SCENT FUNNEL" LEFT BEHIND BY A WOUNDED ANIMAL is greatly influenced by time and human interference. PRESERVING THE DIRECTIONAL ASPECT OF THE SCENT FUNNEL (CONE) 1. Put the tracking dog on the scent trail (blood/body serum) of wounded animal as soon as possible. a. As soon as the hunter has determined that there is a possible wounded animal, he (or she) should back off and call for the blood tracking dog. b. Putting the tracking dog owners phone number in cell phone is very helpful in speeding up the process. 2. Eliminate interference from human trackers trying to visually locate animal. a. Feet of hunters attempting to track their animal will not only pick up blood and widen the directional cone---but the feet will also pick up and scatter the scent of invisible body serum and pheremones that a dog can also utilize to successfully track the animal. b. Keep in mind that blood is NOT the only scent item used by a dog to track a wounded critter THE "TIME FACTOR" IS VERY IMPORTANT WITH RESPECT TO THE DIRECTIONAL SCENT FUNNEL PRODUCED BY A WOUNDED ANIMAL---FROM BLOOD LEFT BEHIND---BUT IT IS CRITICAL WITH RESPECT TO THE MORE SUBTLE INVISIBLE SCENTS PRODUCED BY BODY SERUM AND PHEREMONES. Many wounded animals are lost forever---not because they did not leave behind a significant amount of blood and other scent elements---but simply because there was too lengthy a time delay in getting the dog on the track. There may have been enough scent, but the directional aspect of the scent funnel was hindered by the wind and the evaporation of the invisible body fluids and hormonal elements. EVERY MINUTE COUNTS---WHEN IT COMES TO THE USE OF A TRACKING DOG TO RECOVER WOUNDED GAME Delay in getting a tracking dog on the site---along with excessive human interference---has a detrimental effect on the directional scent funnel produced by a wounded animal. 1. Visible blood is not the only important aspect of a wounded animal track 2. Keep in mind the "scent funnel" element of tracking wounded game a. The scent funnel is not just from visible blood, It is a mixture of the blood, the actual body scent of the animal being pursued, and also other invisible scents produced from the wounded/distressed animal (body serum, pheremones, etc.) 3. Time delays and human interference can hinder (or even completely eliminate) these invisible elements of BODY SCENT that might have accompanied any blood that is present. Take away the enhancement of these body scents and a "blood trail alone" may not be sufficient for the tracking dog to successfully track the animal. Blood scent--- without other valuable body scents---may not be sufficient for the dog to line-out even blood that is visible to the human eye. a. The loss or disruption of any scent element---from time delays or by human interference ---will have a detrimental effect on the DIRECTIONAL ELEMENT of the scent funnel left behind by a retreating wounded animal. b. The wider and more dispersed the scent funnel---the more difficult it is for a dog to line-out what we have traditionally called "the blood track". 4. It might be helpful to THINK in different terms about what your dog is actually tracking. a. Blood is only ONE ELEMENT of scent involved in tracking a wounded animal. b. Actual body scent and various invisible fluids are often more critcial in locating a wounded animal than the visible blood that is present. c. Thinking in terms of a "scent funnel or cone"----not just a "blood trail" ----will help you to better understand what you are up against when you put your tracking dog on the trail of a wounded animal.

Yes there is alot of information there, I can't take credit for most of it though. Most of the info came from another gentlemans website. Just wanted people to understand some of the variables that can affect a dogs success.

You should use Denatured Alchohol from some place like Home Depot, not regular rubbing alchohol. I use a 50/50 mix with the glycerin. If you are not going to get to it tonight you should put in in a zip lock and freeze it till you are ready to work on it. Gently use the edge of a spoon to scrape the fat and meat off the flesh side before putting the mixture on.

Az Black Bear that we wrapped up recently. This is what can happen when a client trusts us enough to give us creative license with their piece.

3 out of 4 here

The highest point of the bears rump is just under 7 ft.

Finished this one up for a client a couple weeks ago....Great bull for a great guy, Congrats John!!