09/10/2026
Well wouldn’t you know it…September is here!!
Tracking season has started right away on day one of Bear season here in Wisconsin!
Quick couple notes with Bear season being in effect and archery season only a few days out:
1) If you shoot either a Bear or a deer, turn your tracker on OnX and save your trail when you start tracking.
2) Mark last blood on OnX. If it starts getting spotty and you think you might be calling a dog for help - stop, mark last blood, and back out and try to get ahold of a dog handler. Please do not grid search if you are thinking about bringing a dog in.
3) Take a mental note of everything that happened from the time of impact until the animal is out of sight. Just as important - stay quiet and LISTEN!!
4) Be patient. We’ll get back to you and if we can’t get to you, we’ll send some numbers of other trackers. There are a lot of phenomenal trackers in Wisconsin, and I will put you in touch with someone that I would trust with my own animal.
5) I have a bear tag myself, along with a family wedding this weekend. I will be tracking when I can: I will run a track after I’m done hunting for the night if I don’t have an animal down myself. I will be up in Vilas County in the Conover area while bear hunting. After that’s done, I’ll be back home and based out of Fond du Lac.
6) If you call me, or any other tracker, we will ask you a series of questions. We are not here to judge, so don’t lie or leave out any details. We just want to start putting a plan together in our heads and do what’s going to be best to recover your animal.
7) Reach out with any and all questions. I will never not go through your scenario with you, and may be able to determine you don’t need us, or maybe need to let it lay for a few more hours, or something else. Every scenario is different, but we’re here to help.
Here’s a bear we ran tonight. Hunter lost blood at 75-80 yds and backed out. We came in and took it another 45 yds where it crossed a river, flanked the river edge about 30 yds, went uphill 80 yds, came back down halfway on the same trail, then went the opposite way back down to the river, but didn’t quite make it. The blood had pretty much dried up before it crossed the river, but Rebel pointed out a few pin drops of blood to me to say “hey dad, trust me 😉”
Weapon used was a 12 gauge with a slug, approximately 30 yd shot.
It was a 21 min track, but half of the time was spent by me trying to crawl through tag alders and blow downs while she was trying to drag my fat rear end through the crap…and I had a smile on my face the whole time. The bear ended up going about 315 yards from the shot. Was hit a little far back and actually blew out its back, too.
Rebel and I both truly missed gettin down and dirty to find your animal, and are so glad to be back!
Good luck this season! Hopefully we don’t need to meet, but if you need a dog and decide to reach out to us: Please DO NOT message me on Facebook, but rather text me at (920) 517-5345. I will get back to you as soon as I can.
Happy fall of 2026!
