Major Deer Tracking

09/11/2026

🦌 HELP US REACH MORE MICHIGAN HUNTERS! 🦌

This weekend is the Michigan Youth, Liberty & Early Doe Hunt, and Major Deer Tracking is offering FREE tracking services all weekend!

Our goal is simple: help as many hunters as possible and recover as many deer as we can. But we need to make sure hunters know we’re here.

👉 PLEASE SHARE THE MAJOR DEER TRACKING PAGE!

Here’s how:

📱 On the Major Deer Tracking page:
1️⃣ Go to the Major Deer Tracking page.
2️⃣ Tap the three dots (•••) near the top of the page.
3️⃣ Select Share.
4️⃣ Choose Share to your Feed or Share to a Group.
5️⃣ Share it with your hunting friends, family, local hunting groups, or anyone who may benefit from having a tracking dog available.

You can also tag a hunting buddy in the comments so they know where to find us.

🎩 AND DON’T FORGET ABOUT THE HAT GIVEAWAY!

Every hunter who uses Major Deer Tracking’s tracking services during the Youth/Liberty/Early Doe weekend will be entered into a drawing to win one of two Major Deer Tracking hats!

🧢 One blue/black camo
🧢 One gray/black pink camo

Two hunters will win!

We’re available 24/7 throughout the weekend, and our tracking services are FREE.

Every share helps put this information in front of another hunter — and that could be the hunter who needs a hound this weekend.

Let’s get the word out, get the hounds working, and help recover as many deer as possible! 🦌🐕🇺🇸

📞 248-310-2829

Major Deer Tracking
When your trail goes cold, that’s when our work begins.

09/10/2026

🦌 Just a Few Days Until the 2026 Michigan Youth, Liberty & Early Doe Hunts!

With the season just around the corner, I wanted to share a little knowledge about how our hounds actually track deer.

When a deer is wounded, it leaves behind a combination of odors and chemical cues that a tracking dog can use to piece together what happened. Blood, hair, dander, disturbed vegetation, disturbed soil, and other physical evidence can all play a role.

But there is another part of the equation that is often misunderstood — pheromones.

A wounded animal can leave behind chemical information that helps a hound determine that it is following the correct individual and provide’s information about the animal’s condition. Think about the reason a buck makes a scrape. He’s not simply leaving a visual mark. He’s leaving chemical information behind that communicates things like who was there and information about that animal.

Our hounds have an incredible ability to sort through all of these individual pieces of information and put them together. They don’t simply follow a visible blood trail — they’re processing an entire scent picture that we as humans can’t begin to experience the same way.

That’s what makes watching a hound work so incredible. 🐕🦌

Good luck to all the Michigan hunters this weekend! Whether it’s a child’s first deer, a Liberty Hunt buck, or a doe for the freezer, I hope everyone has a safe and successful hunt.

📞 Major Deer Tracking is available 24/7.

And remember — calling doesn’t necessarily mean we have to come out. Sometimes a phone call and talking through the situation can help you make the right decisions before you ever put a dog on the ground.

And this weekend, our tracking services are FREE.

So if you need a hound, don’t hesitate to call.

After all… who doesn’t love watching a bloodhound work? 🐾

Good luck, stay safe, and enjoy the hunt!

08/28/2026

🦌 We're approaching 500 followers, and we couldn't be more grateful.

Major Deer Tracking was built around one simple mission: helping hunters recover their deer when the trail gets tough.

As our audience continues to grow, it allows us to reach more hunters who may not know professional tracking services are available. Every new follower increases the chances that a hunter in need can find the help they're looking for when it matters most.

Thank you to everyone who has supported our page, shared our posts, and trusted us with their recoveries. Your support helps us continue serving hunters throughout Livingston County and the surrounding areas.

Here's to a safe, successful hunting season and helping more hunters make every shot count.

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08/26/2026

🇺🇸 ATTENTION, MICHIGAN HUNTERS! 🇺🇸

The Liberty, Youth & Early Doe Hunt weekend is almost here, and Major Deer Tracking is excited to do a little something extra for the hunting community!

🎟️ FREE TRACKING ALL WEEKEND
If you need help recovering a deer during the Liberty/Youth/Doe hunt weekend, our tracking services will be offered FREE OF CHARGE. (Livingston and surrounding counties)

🎩 PLUS — WE'RE GIVING AWAY TWO MAJOR DEER TRACKING HATS!

Anyone who uses our tracking services during this weekend will automatically be entered into a drawing to win one of two hats:

🧢 Blue/Black Camo
🧢 Gray/Black/Pink Camo

And yes… we know the AI-generated version of the pink hat didn't quite get the colors right! 😂 The real hat looks much better.

This weekend can mean something different to every hunter. For some, it may be the first deer their son or daughter has ever had the opportunity to harvest. For a Liberty Hunt participant, it may be a long-awaited chance to get a deer in the freezer. For others, it may simply be an opportunity to put some venison on the table and make a few memories in the woods.

Whatever your reason for being out there, we hope you have an incredible weekend.

Hunt hard. Hunt safe. Enjoy the time in the woods. Take a kid hunting. Make some memories. And if things don't go exactly as planned and you need a little help finding that deer, don't hesitate to call us.

At Major Deer Tracking, we believe every deer deserves a dedicated effort and every hunter deserves the opportunity to find closure to their hunt.

🇺🇸 From our family and hounds to yours — GOOD LUCK, MICHIGAN! 🇺🇸

We hope to see plenty of successful hunters this weekend… but if your trail goes cold, that's when our work begins.

Major Deer Tracking
📍 Proudly based out of Howell, Michigan
📞 248-310-2829
🕐 Available 24/7

Please share this post with your hunting buddies, friends, family, and anyone who may be heading into the woods this weekend. You never know who may need a tracking dog. 🐕🦌

08/16/2026

27 DAYS! 🦌🇺🇸

We are officially just 27 days away from the 2026 Liberty & Early Doe Hunts!

For this opening weekend, Major Deer Tracking will be tracking FREE OF CHARGE for anyone who needs help locating a deer.

Our goal is simple: if you need a deer recovered, we want you to have the opportunity to get the help you need without worrying about the cost.

Please SHARE this post with your friends, family, hunting buddies, and anyone who may be hunting the Liberty or Early Doe hunts. You never know who might need a tracker, and we want to make sure nobody misses out on the opportunity to recover their deer.

Good luck to everyone heading into the woods! 🦌
Shoot straight, hunt safe, and hopefully we’ll see you out there!

🇺🇸 27 DAYS! LET’S GO! 🇺🇸

08/11/2026

Here are some quick tips to success as we are rapidly approaching the 2026 Deer season here in Michigan.

We would like to wish you all a successful and safe 2026 season.

07/21/2026

As we gear up for the 2026 deer season and work our way through the new regulations, I find myself looking back on the journey that brought us here.

I started tracking deer in 2022, and honestly, we knew very little back then. Since that time, we've grown tremendously through the guidance of fellow trackers, tracking events, real-world experience, and countless hours in the field in the off season.

The things these hounds have shown me they are capable of continue to amaze me. I couldn't be more proud of the team we've become and the bond of trust we've built together. Our hounds come from Ron Slifer of Illinois, home of the "Rockstar Hounds," and their pedigree speaks for itself. In just two seasons, Zirc has helped recover 54 animals for hunters, while Raven added 7 recoveries in her first season.

Most importantly, I'm grateful to every hunter who has entrusted us to help when things didn't go as planned. Your trust during some of the most stressful moments of a hunt is something I never take for granted. Every call, every track, and every recovery is an opportunity to do what we love while helping fellow hunters achieve closure.

Our job begins when your trail goes cold.

The torch is lit, the fire is burning, and we're ready to kick off the 2026 season in just a few short weeks.

Good luck this season to all Hunters and Tracking teams.

07/05/2026

Fun morning with John Stewart over at The NEXT STEP Deer Tracking & Recovery running tracks.
John laid Raven a 816 yard track that had a little bit of everything. Thermals, wind, dry ground that was rained on heavy after the line was laid, multiple terrain changes. Overall Raven did well. Then John ran patsy on the same line to get her use to running after other dogs. This is a key element to train the dogs for, we often times can use a more experienced hound for back up if we need extra verification. No time in the woods behind a dog is ever wasted. Always fun. Thanks again John.

06/22/2026

New plate finally came in. 🤣