Got a call that a 5 year old had shot his first deer and they had tracked it about 80 yards before losing blood the evening before. We arrived the next morning and Scout took us to more blood in a thick area. After doing a few circles in the thicket she made a 90 degree turn and headed towards a creek. She paralleled the creek for a ways and then bailed off into the creek. She swam to the other side and didn't pickup on anything. She swam back sniffing hard in the water and kept swimming around for a little while. We finally made a few more steps ahead and could see the buck laying in the middle of the creek 30 yds further up. Deer had traveled around 375 yds from shot site.

These are the tracks we love, first deer and great buck for a kid.

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