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I know this forum is about hogs and dogs but I wanted post this pic of a recent deer hunt on my property in Shiro, Texas (Grimes County).  On Monday November 10 - the Marine Corps birthday - I took off work to go hunt.  I grabbed my 5 month old Blue Lacy, his name is Ramadi, and we drove to our property.  I left him in the truck while I headed out to my tree stand early morning.  At about 0720 I spotted a nice 8-point buck that was 100 yards away.  It was slightly hazy since it was early but I had a good shot considering I use iron site on my M1A .308.   I hit him and his backside went down.  I watched as he sat on the ground.  I figured I hit his spine since he just collapsed.  About 10 minutes later he stood up and limped into the brush.  i made the short walk back to my truck to grab the dog. 

Long story short, and after Ramadi found the trail with blood and a good scent, we made a few loops since the deer back tracked.  1/2 mile from where I shot the buck - and two hours later - Ramadi was still on the trail and going crazy as the scent got stronger.  Into a clearing he started barking just before the buck stood up in some brush and tried to get away.  I let the dog go, and he went nuts after that buck.  He chased the buck around a pond and cornered it and just kept baying as I approached.  The buck was hurt, it was a hip shot, and it'd lost plenty of blood.  I didn't have my rifle on me since I went onto my neighbors property.  I'd talked to my neighbor before the season started; he had no problem with me tracking a deer on the property but asked that I not bring my rifle during the track.  All's that i had was a K-Bar knife. This deer was cornered but not going anywhere.  Ramadi kept the pressure on as I grabbed its rack.  As it reared up I jammed the knife in the bucks throat.  I forced it's head to the ground and just kept pressure on the knife and antlers. After about 10 minutes it finally stopped breathing.  I had to drag that animal 1/2 mile back to my truck.  It was a crazy but overall I'm just glad that my Blue Lacy tracked it down. 

Dragging that deer back wasn't easy; I stopped about 20 times.  The picture is of my dog and the buck during one of those breaks.

Job well done! Id be very proud of that pup.

Good job Marine.

I live around shiro that is a very nice deer for this area.  I have a bro in law training a blood dog right now it's pretty neat alot more interesting than I would've thought.  He's gotten me interested, I've been working with my lab a little he is taking to it pretty good.

Nice deer and helluva hunt! Sounds like that pup is gonna make a good one.

i do blood trail training and really get him interested.