Minnesota deer, bear trackers – and their dogs – at the ready

In a perfect world, every deer or bear hunter would make a clean kill, either with a firearm or a bow. And tracking that animal would be easy as pie.
But that world doesn’t exist. Just ask Lisa Gargulak, co-founder of Bluff Country Deer Recovery, which is part of Minnesota Tracking Dogs, a statewide network of independent trackers who help hunters with deer and bear recoveries.
“As hard as hunters try, as much work as they put in with shooting, errant shots happen for a variety of reasons,” Gargulak said. “No one wants it to happen, but that’s why we’re here if it does.”