Blood trackers use dogs to try to locate injured deer

BANGOR, MAINE --11/06/2015 - Lindsay Ware gives her dog Gander some water while tracking a gut-wounded deer in woods in Bangor late Friday. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --11/06/2015 - Susanne Hamilton (left) and Lindsay Ware check their GPS to where they have tracked with Meggie for a gut-wounded deer.  Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --11/06/2015 - German Wirehaired Dachshund Meggie is held while trying to figure out a plan to track a gut-wounded deer in the woods of Bangor early Saturday.  Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --11/06/2015 - Susanne Hamilton readies her gear to take her German Wirehaired Dachshund Meggie out to track a gut-wounded deer. Meggie took over after Lindsay Ware and her dog Gander were unable to find the deer in the tricky blood trail. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --11/06/2015 - Susanne Hamilton carries a gun for protection against different animals in the woods and incase an animal they track is not dead yet and needs euthanized. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --11/06/2015 - Gander tracks a scent of a gut-wounded deer through a stream with Lindsay Ware late Friday in Bangor. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --11/06/2015 - Susanne Hamilton (left) and Lindsay Ware check the blood splatters to see which way it is fingering to try to determine the direction the deer may have went. Hamilton and Ware spent five plus hours trying to track a very smart deer who doubled back on its tracks.  Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --11/06/2015 - Lindsay Ware adds a ribbon to a tree to mark where they spotted blood early Saturday in Bangor.  Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --11/06/2015 - Lindsay Ware checks the blood splatters to see which way it is fingering to try to determine the direction the deer may have went early Saturday in Bangor. Ashley L. Conti | BDN

BANGOR, MAINE --11/06/2015 - Susanne Hamilton holds her blood-tracking German Wirehaired Dachshund Meggie while walking to the next spot to track from early Saturday in Bangor.  Ashley L. Conti | BDN