10/10/2026
The reality of being in the woods at night is sometimes you run across unwanted critters… Scout was hot on a trail last night when he encountered a porcupine on his scent line. The picture below is after pulling 25-30 quills while Brandon and Scout were deep in the woods. Scout continued to search and ended up picking his line back up even after having the quills pulled but unfortunately the deer was not recovered. Last night was a long sleepless night for Scouter, we are currently headed to the clinic to sedate him and pull the remaining quills. As if this week hadn’t been long enough with replacing the entire roof on our home, Scout thought we needed some additional work. Tracking isn’t all rainbows and recoveries, sometimes it looks like sh*tshows and sleepless nights.