Jarrard’s Wildlife & Deer Recovery

01/31/2026

Why did they use a dog and not a drone? Because dogs work!!!!!!

12/05/2025

We want to hear your opinion should drones be legal or not?

Hunters Busted using Drone to hunt trophy Buck!

The Indiana DNR investigated and charged several hunters who were using a drone to repeatedly locate and pattern a specific trophy whitetail buck. The drone was flown regularly in the days leading up to the hunt, including the day the deer was killed.
Officers also found that the group had illegally hunted the deer over bait and trespassed to retrieve the deer.

In Indiana drones cannot be used to search for or scout deer during the season or for 14 days before it, though they can be used to recover a deer that were legally harvested.

11/29/2025

We are out of the office but if you need a tracker don’t hesitate to call we can point you in the right direction to a well qualified tracker or the advice is always free. We will be back to tracking on sunday. Good luck everyone and be safe.

11/29/2025

Meeting of the minds with the future boss Jarrard’s Wildlife & Deer Recovery phones will be busy tomorrow 🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🩸🦌

11/23/2025

Some may say it’s just a “money grab,” but we firmly believe in empowering hunters to recover their own deer whenever possible. A photo of your deer still alive a couple hours after a bad shot or an unnecessary track job doesn’t help anyone—and that’s not what we’re about. A recovery is A DEER ON THE TAILGATE OR IN YOUR HANDS!!!!!

While the weekend has been slower, we’re proud to share that we’ve had four successful phone recoveries, costing the hunters $0. With a little guidance and consultation, each of them was able to locate their deer on their own.

Our goal is simple: honest help, ethical recovery, and doing what’s best for the hunter and the animal—every time.
With that being said, feel free to reach out at 443-851-7061

11/22/2025

Phones are heating up might want to get in them woods.

11/16/2025

So we took the weekend off and embraced the youth Hunt with my own kids. The hounds got plenty of rest on the couch and the boys got their jobs done. 

11/12/2025

Weather doesn’t stop a hound — it only changes how the scent lays.

A lot of folks think weather can “ruin” a track.
They’ll say “The rain washed the blood away” or “The wind blew the scent off it.”

But here’s the truth:

A trained hound isn’t just tracking blood.
They’re tracking the deer’s body scent, hoof oil, stress scent, ground disturbance, and crushed vegetation.
Those scent layers don’t disappear just because conditions change.

Rain:
Heavy rain might wash blood off leaves, but scent sinks into soil and leaf litter. The story is still there.

Wind:
Wind doesn’t remove scent — it just moves it. A good dog will quarter and loop to find where the scent settled.

Heat & Dry Weather:
Hot, dry air can lift scent, but when humidity rises again (like evening), the trail “comes back.” That’s why sometimes waiting is the smartest move.

Cold & Frost:
Very dry cold can “freeze” scent, but thaw or moisture brings it back to life.

So no — weather doesn’t stop a hound.
It just changes how the scent lays.

Our job is to recognize those conditions, slow down when we need to, and trust the dog to work the puzzle.

The track isn’t gone.
The dog can still read it.

11/09/2025

Let’s clear up this whole “good blood” thing real quick. We get pics all the time with we had good blood for 200 yards then it dried up. He’s dead for sure. Nope not how deer work. Deer aren’t humans. They clot FAST. Vitamin K, fibrin, all that — their bodies are built to plug holes and keep moving. I’ve looked at thousands of blood pics, and only a handful have ever been the kind where I’d say, “Yeah, no question, he’s down.”
A whitetail has about a gallon of blood. It needs to lose over a third of that before it shuts down from blood loss alone.
If you had that much blood on the ground, the trail would look like a red carpet. You wouldn’t need a dog. You wouldn’t need to “look for sign.” You’d just follow it like someone spilled a bucket.
So that little dotted trail?
That’s not “good blood.” That’s “he’s still very alive” blood.
And when Facebook experts say, “Push him, he’s dead,” and you do…
That’s how deer get bumped, go farther, cross fences, and become a nightmare to recover.
If the goal is to find the deer, not just chase it:
Slow down. Think. Let the recovery happen the right way.

11/08/2025

Don’t be misled by technology. A well-trained dog is unbeatable; if you require assistance, don’t hesitate to contact us at 443-851-7061.  Good luck to all hunters heading out this weekend.

11/06/2025

Something that gets asked a lot. NO WE DON’T NEED BLOOD to find your deer.

A trained tracking dog doesn’t “follow blood” like people think.

A dog reads the woods like a book most humans don’t even know exists.

They read crushed plant cells under their feet.
They smell where dew was disturbed by a fleeing body.
They pick up micro scent from a single hair stuck to bark.
They feel subtle wind shifts that carry information.

But the biggest secret most hunters never think about?

The deer’s own pheromones.

Every step a deer takes leaves interdigital gland scent — those special pheromones between the toes. Those scent markers get pressed into dirt and leaves with every stride. To us, it’s invisible. To a trained dog, it’s a neon trail of emotion and panic.

People look at a quiet timber and assume “nothing’s here.”

But to a tracking dog?

Every footstep… every brushed leaf… every broken twig… holds data.

A dog sees the truth long before we ever do.
We just have to trust them.