ORIGINAL: txjourneyman
This year I've been working with one of my dogs. She is getting pretty good at trailing scraps of deer hide. I'll drag a scrap through pastures and woods and then put her on the scent a couple of hours later. She finds the scrap of hide probably 95% of the time. Check your state regs to be sure its legal to use a dog. I haven't used her in the past, this year will be a first, and only if I can't get the job done myself.
Just a FYI tx: If you take a doe this year, track her down yourself and mark the trail. Go back home and get your dog and let her track. My buddy does it with his dog and she greatly improved her tracking. Within about atwo years the dog could track gut shot deer. Im sure you already thought of it, but just tryin to help out.