Damon, Jaeger and Dad 1

Damon, Jaeger and Dad 1

David Sparks Ph.D.
David Sparks Ph.D.
Asked Damon Bundgard about his latest hunting exploits with his dad and with his tracking dog, Jaeger.

Let's see, I took that last fall. We filmed in South Africa. We filmed on Kodiak Island for Blacktail. This fall we went to elk hunt out west, so got an elk. And that was a great story. Jaeger had his first elk and it was for me. I’d been working these bulls on a hillside and just got pinned down between the wind and we were kind of on this side sloping elk trail and they only shooting lanes were on the trail. And sure enough, the bull came running in on the trail. And I took a straight on shot and it kind of ducked in swung and dove off the face of this mountain.15 minutes later, we're glassing and seeing if we see him and we kind of see him this valley and head up a hillside into some oak brush. We didn't see him leave the brush. But he had gone 5-6 hundred yards to that point and he had moved a little. My judgment of range was a little off. So all those feelings of self doubt and kind of come in on myself at this point. And Jaeger was I brought him out there. I was hoping you'd get him on a practice track. So we waited two hours and started tracking without him. And, you know, we followed his running down the face of the mountain, which is typical for that shot.

Did Damon and tracking dog who find that bull find out tomorrow.

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