You fellows all make my case for shooting premium ammo.....I went
to Barnes X Cull Shooting with my 22-250, 308, and 300 Wthby.
But only after I killed several whitetails, Blackbucks, and Axis
with it and found it always exited and left a blood trail. I
killed a meat deer today in Tarpley for my sister. He was about
120 yds walking thru the brush...shot between limbs thru lungs
3in exit hole behind shoulder...Blood trail all 60yds to the
carcass...I figure I spend about .45cents a bullet more using
Barnes....but I've not lost another deer in 4 yrs..Good Hunting
Don Dial, Pipe Creek, Tx

I'm one of the trackers listed on many forums...

My name is Dale Love and I used to have a set of very talented catahoulas that I used to recover animals with for hunters that had issues with recovery. Unfortunatly I had to put one of my dogs down and the other one was stolen a month later so I no longer have a dog to track with.

If you could please remove me from the list of trackers....

Here is a current list of trackers...
Chuck Redden
254-206-0082
254-865-8468
Call for pricing
Central Texas
3

Kenny Wall
281-844-0969
$100 show/$150 recovery
Galveston County +2 hours/Gonzalez County +2 hours
3

Dusty Shelhamer
432-517-0387
Fuel +tip
Howard County +150 miles
3

Ryan Johnson
830-279-3558
Call for pricing
Uvalde County
3

Robert White
979-571-1131
$100 to show/$200 upon recovery
Brazos/Robertson/Sterling/Glasscock Counties
3

Trey Hanover
979-255-6073
$100 to show/$200 upon recovery
Brazos/Robertson/Sterling/Glasscock Counties
3

Mike Socha
432-978-3133
$100 to show/$200 upon recovery
Midland County +surrounding
3

Mike Fishbeck
361-935-3063
361-645-2345
$300 recovery or no recovery
Goliad County and any surrounding county within reason **Whitetail Only**
3

Wesley Jennings
361-362-9260
Call for pricing
South Texas
3

Fred Reyna
830-992-0252
Fuel +$50/hour while on the track
Llano/Mason/Gillespie/San Saba
3

Michael Chittum
817-401-1161
817-237-7637
Fuel +tip
Tarrant +3 hours
3

Jeff Bonner
806-662-3357
$150 to track, plus $50 if we find the deer,
and $0.50/mile if it's more than 60 miles from Pampa
Texas Panhandle and south to Cottle County
3

Roy Hindes III
830-570-2220
830-277-1508
Golden Triangle
3

Matt McWilliams
325-456-0773
Fuel +tip
Brady +all surrounding areas
3

Brad Draughon
254-978-2688
$250 to show/$250 upon recovery
Bosque County +surrounding counties
3

Bryan & Marlo Riley
210-288-0553
Fuel +fee upon recovery
San Antonio +2 hours & Uvalde area
3

Pat Roebuck
210-862-9564
$150 to show/$150 upon recovery
South Texas
3

Gene Baker
713-992-4530
Fuel +tip
Conroe +all surrounding areas
3

Kendall Collier
512-626-1652
$50 +tip for dog
Travis County +surrounding
3

Betty Leek
325-396-2311
$100 to show/$100 upon recovery
Schleicher County +surrounding
3

Rick Commander
281-853-7423
350 Webb County +Fulsher area
3

AJ Minns
830-377-8406
$100 to show/$100 upon recovery
Kerr County +surrounding
3

Abel Laurel
956-500-4033
$150 in Starr County $150 +Fuel Surrounding counties
Starr/Rio Grande Valley/Jim Hogg/Zapata
3

Bryan Keeling
210-414-1977 830-966-5185
Fuel
Bandera County + surrounding counties
3

Jeff Shaffer
817-271-1829
Fuel +$50 upon recovery
Archer County +1 hour
3

Chris Gott
254-913-8578
$100 to show/$100 upon recovery
Central Texas
3

Jerry Gonzalez
956-645-2775
350
Webb County/Laredo Area
3

Brent Boswell
936-788-4545
Fuel
Legal Counties within 2 Hours of Huntsville
3

Harvey Lansford
830-456-6361
Call for availability and fees.
Hill Country
3

John Reed
817-994-3399
325-938-5400
$100 to show/$100 upon recovery
Mills/Brown/San Saba Counties
2

Paul Coffman
214-289-9741
Fuel +tip
DFW +2 hours/Coleman County on some weekends
2

Carl Christoph
713-816-5004
$200 to show/$200 upon recovery
Golden Triangle
2

James Willard
940-232-0830
Fuel +tip
Montague +2 hours
2

Chris Barrilleaux
281-468-0007
Tip
Splendora +surrounding counties
2

Troup Bishop
325-642-5160
150
Brown County +surrounding
2

Ron Collier
830-275-9150
830-278-2828
$150 to show/$150 upon recovery
Uvalde County +surrounding
2

Robby Leek
325-656-9474
$100 to show/$100 upon recovery
Tom Green County +surrounding
2

R. Chambers
254-486-0053
Tip
McLennan County +surrounding
2

Courtney Farris
214-679-1801
214-244-1329
Fuel +kibble
North Texas
2

Colby Miller
409-749-4019
$50 upon arrival +fuel
Golden Triangle/Medina +1 hour
1

Justin Slusher
512-981-5506
Fuel Austin/Round Rock +2 hours
1

Kevin Laird
832-794-6002
Fuel +tip
Comal +surrounding counties
1

Glenn Posik
281-740-2255
Fuel +tip
Harris County +3 hours
1

Bob Davidson
281-703-7676
Fuel +tip
Waller/McCulloch Counties +surrounding
1

Chris Andrews
409-781-0192
Tip + Fuel
Cherokee/Grimes/Chambers/Galveston/Brazoria +surrounding
1

Manny Garcia
956-844-5536
$50 +fuel Maverick/Kinney/Dimmit counties
1

Rob Fuller
201-618-5658
Fuel Harris County +2 hours
1

Aaron Janssen
361-235-0030
Fuel Jackson County +surrounding
1

Danny Anderson
979-799-6372 281-536-6988
Fuel Goliad County +2 hours
1

Forrest Coy
713-857-6298
Fuel +tip Magnolia +3 hours
1

Ed Lipscomb
713-829-9208
Tip
Legal Counties within 2 hours of Houston, Mason County + 2 hours
1

Dog tracking is also banned in Nacogdoches. I think the idea behind it is since dog hunting is also banned, it is easier to just ban all use of dogs and ticket everyone with dogs and hunting implements.

I agree that it is a waste though. I think we should do everything we can to recover an animal.

Jojo and I will be out in eastland county this weekend and the next 2 weekends after that. I would like to get him on some more this year but if not I know now he can do the job of finding one.

Good luck to all out hunting and even though we like to work our dogs they are like an insurance policy, hope they are never needed.

Clint I hit a doe this evening and going back in the morning to find her. I knoe how Ya feel !

I have a PUP in leon county I would like to work. Shoot me text or give me a call at 9033900243 if you have a decent trail.

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Psssshhhhh

Just noticed this thread but I've got a couple of tracking dogs in Delta county if anybody needs some work done just shoot me a message or call 4696821567.

We are all Deer Finders..LOL.

HOPE YOUR BETTER AT FINDING DEER THEN YOU ARE COYOTES!!! LOL

Dont see a need to beat the ethics drum... I am allowed 5 deer by Texas statutes but have only taken five deer limit during two seasons and have been deer hunting for 36 deer seasons...so yes I keep the tag after exhausting every effort to recover the deer. I process my deer for my family and we eat em all. I have been fortunate and have lost three deer during 36 seasons. Saddened me greatly, two to a bow, one to rifle, recovery effort spanned two days on each, but kept on hunting...but I respect your opinion if you want to tag a lost deer but I cant eat a tag...

Awesome information shared.

If any one down in South Texas you can call Wade Rhodes out of George West. Has a good dog and pretty reasonable.

When my pup gets a litttle older me and him will be a team.

well really its not to hard to make or train a good tracking dog of your very own. I have a friend that raises and trains cur dogs for deer tracking. im just really glad ive never had to use one and i do bow hunt. As i also practice everyday for 3 months before season and during season

Good luck

Anyone ever need help in south western leon northern madison or southeastern robertson can give me a shout...i dnt gota dog but they wouldnt be able to keep up anyway

i got a dog this year and have been doing ALOT of training with her. hope to try her out this year. i live in brazos county and would be willng to help out just to get her some experience.

in the list, you end the trackers name with a number. Some got a "3" some got a "2" some got a "1"

What does the number mean??

Oklahoma doesn't allow dogs because a boy was shot while running deer with dogs years ago, they link the two and do not allow dogs in any aspect of deer hunting here at all. Hope that changes, but any one that says they will never lose a deer, really. There are two types of people that will never lose a deer in the woods liars and the ones that talk about hunting but never hunt.

I have had a couple jump the string on me and end up with a less than quick kill. Its always a shame when it causes prolonged suffering. Ethical hunters always strive to kill quickly and clean but things happen. I applaud you for making the attempt to recover wounded animals.

My hunting buddy and I spent a day last wk cleaning 3 Axis bucks
that his friend killed in Bandera..he shot 4, and wounded and lost one even with the helo...He shoots more animals than probably any 10 people who hunt all the time and still loses one.
But, I'd bet he doesn't go to the range and practice..with a rifle shooter that is more important than his/her equiptment..It
doesn't matter what you hunt, but being able to hit the animal in
a manner that kills and also being able to withhold a shot is very important..I understand he shot at running animals..Most folks I've hunted with/guided have a problem not shooting..DD

Anyone in the CC / Kingsville area, feel free to PM me. I'd like to get my girl Bailey on another animal to track.

She got on a pig quick last time, just a little skiddish since it wasnt dead.

Anyone have a dog in the Ellis county area?

If it is where I can make it out Ellis is not too far. In Eastland county hunting now. Do you need assistance?