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Shot this buck in Va. Saturday afternoon. Buck was trailing hard and I took shot at about 100 yards in last opening. As I came out of stand bottom fell out. I found a spot of blood and marked it. Not sure of the shot I discussed with my son and decided we would let lay for the night. It rained all night and continued into the morning.
And about 10 that morning the rain stopped. My son met me at the farm with JAKE. Jake has been part of the family since a puppy. I used him a lot when he was young. But last few years I backed off his training. I would just track deer myself. Basically just too lazy to go get him on deer I knew where hit good.
I knew this would be a true test. 16 hours later with little break in rain. Within 10 mins on ground Jake had us with deer. He was pulling so hard I told my son I felt a deer must have just came through the area. But I had no choice but to trust him. Glad I did.