Serves this area
Serving IL
Based near Red Bud, IL
If you are tracking a wounded deer across the hills or timber of Randolph County, these local dog handlers can help when the blood trail goes cold. This part of Southern Illinois offers thick cover and broken terrain that makes recovery difficult without a trained nose. These trackers are familiar with the area and understand how a hit deer behaves in our local woodlots and creek bottoms.
There are currently three tracking services available with dogs stationed in Ellis Grove, Red Bud, and Steeleville. Whether you are hunting the outskirts of town or deeper in the county, Dan Amann and the other handlers provide coverage near the Kaskaskia River and surrounding farms. Contact them as soon as you lose the trail to give the dogs the best chance at a recovery.
Serving Ellis Grove, Red Bud, Steeleville.
Serves this area
Serving IL
Based near Red Bud, IL
Serves this area
Serving IL
Based near Steeleville, IL
Serves this area
Serving IL
Based near Ellis Grove, IL
A blood tracking dog handler works a leashed dog on the wound line to recover a deer that did not go down in sight. Most handlers are volunteers or charge a modest call fee, and most cover a set radius of counties.
Many handlers work for gas money or a modest flat fee; some charge more for long drives or overnight calls. Recovery is never guaranteed, and fees are usually owed either way.
Call early and stop walking the line. The most common reason a track fails is a hunter and friends grid-searching the area first and contaminating the scent.