If hunters want to have the ability to call out a dog to recover their deer when they need it then you have to accept that we have no idea for sure on any track what we’re going to find at the end of it until we run it and there’s only so many ways it can be handled when we do……Do you want to say that we have to leave ALL live deer alone even though half of them have their guts hanging out when they run off or are so crippled they cant even run?.....When that deer jumps, how do you want a tracker to go about deciding which one can get away from the coyotes and which cant or which will live and which wont??....Do you want to say that if they run over a mile then they’re good??....I just chased one 1.48 miles hit in the guts that will 100% die……

I’ve got a pretty good idea for a simple field test. What about if we just see if they can get away from the dog when they jump and let that be that??....That seems like a simple enough method to me. Is it perfect? Probably not, but its pretty dang close and plenty good enough

Again, this isnt something that’s a real problem…..its just something for folks to bitch about….We killed an additional 30,000+ bucks the year after baiting was legalized and some folks are whining about 15 of them recovered by trackers that might have actually lived with three legs. I mean that's about the extent of it