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Dial A Tracking Dog

GON's list of tracking dogs updated for the 2023-2024 season.

GON Staff | August 22, 2023

Hunter Hemmings and his tracking dog Chief with a great buck they trailed from Chattahoochee County. The buck was killed by Jared Frost.

Over the years, GON’s Dial A Tracking Dog list has helped thousands of Georgia hunters find their deer. This is a great list to print out and post at the hunting camp, and you may also want to program some of these phone numbers into your cell phone. This online list will be updated throughout deer season.

Looking at the map below, the counties in red represent where tracking dog handlers live. So, if you live or hunt in a red county, there’s a tracking-dog handler who lives nearby. Most of the “guys in red” are willing to travel to counties outside their home county.

When you call a dog-handler, keep the following in mind:

• Discuss payment for services before having a handler come out.

• Be sure to get permission to cross property lines if you suspect a deer has gone off your property.

Also, a pretty consistent complaint amongst tracking dog handlers is that some hunters are bad to wait three hours after the shot and after 10 of their buddies have stomped the woods looking for the deer until they decide to call a dog.

Dogs work much better when there’s been less human contamination on the track. Keep that in mind if you’re willing to put down the money on this service.

 

Not On GON’s Tracking List?

With so many names on GON’s Dial A Tracking Dog list, we ask for all handlers to text or call GON once a year to remain on the list. If you’re not on GON’s Dial A Tracking Dog list and would like to be, send a text to 678.729.7366. Include your name, phone number, home county (where you live) and what counties you are willing to track. If you prefer, you can call the number and leave a message with the above information.

• STATEWIDE DEER TRACKERS
Tracker: Chuck Cumber: 706.690.1103.
Tracker: Austin Rivers: 706.836.3402

• BACON CO.
Tracker: Rodney Wilson: 912.590.4850
Counties Will Track: Bacon, Appling, Pierce, Jeff Davis and Ware.

• BARTOW CO.
Tracker: Brennon Scott: 678.383.7629
Counties Will Track: Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Cobb, Dawson, Douglas, Floyd, Forsyth, Fulton, Gordon, Haralson, Paulding, Pickens and Polk.

Tracker: Steven Dailey: 678.964.0869
Counties Will Track: Bartow and Cherokee.

• BIBB CO.
Tracker: Jimmy Oller: 478.447.4617
Counties Will Track: Bibb, Baldwin, Butts, Crawford, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe, Twiggs and Upson.

• BLECKLEY CO.
Tracker: Dwayne Collins: 478.230.0985
Counties Will Track: Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski, Twiggs and Laurens.

• BROOKS Co.
Tracker: Kenny Mullins: 850.838.6101
Counties Will Track: Brooks and Lowndes.

• BULLOCH CO.
Tracker: Brandon Williams, 912.433.0358
Counties Will Track: Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Toombs, Tattnall, Bryan, Screven, Emanuel, Evan and Jenkins.

Tracker: Matt Hendrix, 912.225.8974
Counties will track: Bulloch, Bryan, Candler, Evans, Effingham, Emanuel, Tattnall and Screven.

• CARROLL Co.
Tracker: Terry Waid: 678.877.9463
Counties Will Track: Carroll.

Tracker: Tim Goode: 770.550.0792
Counties Will Track: Carroll and Heard.

Tracker: Joey Upton: 470.246.9909
Counties Will Track: Carroll, Haralson, Paulding and Polk.

• CATOOSA CO
Tracker: Dean Barron: 423.595.2686
Counties Will Track: Catoosa, Walker and Whitfield.

• CHEROKEE CO
Tracker: Coda Stewart: 678.294.8958
Counties Will Track: Cherokee, Pickens, Cobb, Paulding, Bartow, Forsyth and Fulton.

Tracker: Chad Maxell: 404.984.5120
Counties Will Track: Cherokee, Bartow and Cobb.

Tracker: Shawn Kangas, 678.858.0124
Counties Will Track: Cherokee, Bartow, Gordon, Murray, Pickens, Gilmer, Fannin, Dawson, Lumpkin, Union, White, Hall, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Fulton, Cobb and Paulding.

Tracker: Brian Graham: 404.450.1198
Counties Will Track: Cherokee, Cobb and Bartow.

Tracker: Ed Densmore: 770.845.7786
Counties Will Track: Cherokee, Forsyth, Pickens and north Fulton.

• CLARKE CO.
Tracker: Rachel Lehner, 770-827-2493
Counties Will Track: Clarke, Oconee , Jackson, Barrow, Morgan, Madison, Walton and Oglethorpe.

• CLINCH CO.
Tracker: Jason Bell: 912.599.0013
Counties Will Track: Clinch, Atkinson, Berrien, Coffee, Cook, Echols, Lanier, Lowndes, Pierce, Brooks and Ware.

Tracker: Trent Hatton:  229.569.5978
Counties Will Track: Clinch, Atkinson, Ware and Pierce.

• COBB CO.
Tracker: Scott Whiddon: 229.886.1104
Counties Will Track: Cobb, Cherokee, Bartow, Paulding and Carroll.

• CRISP CO.
Tracker: Taylor Farrow: 229.886.3212
Counties Will Track: Crisp, Dooly, Turner, Worth, Tift, Dougherty, Lee, Sumter and Wilcox.

Tracker: Juddie Pate: 229.947.3668, 229.273.8447
Counties Will Track: Crisp

Tracker: Brant Drinnon: 229.406.4797
Counties Will Track: Crisp, Wilcox, Dooly, Turner, Worth, Pulaski, Houston, Sumter, Lee, Tift, Ben Hill and Macon.

• DEKALB CO.
Tracker: Willie Johnson: 404.931.5311
Counties Will Track: DeKalb.

• DODGE CO.
Tracker: Bart Watkins: 478.893.0073
Counties Will Track: Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox, Laurens and Pulaski.

Tracker: Josh Dupree: 478.231.3024
Counties Will Track: Dodge, Laurens, Bleckley, Twiggs, Houston, Pulaski and Telfair.

Tracker: Jerald Gay: 229.332.5033
Counties Will Track: Dodge, Telfair, Laurens, Bleckley, Pulaski, Wilcox and Wheeler.

• DOOLY CO.
Tracker: Drayton Taunton: 229.947.7959
Counties Will Track: Dooly, Crisp, Wilcox, Lee, Sumter and Pulaski.

• FRANKLIN CO.
Tracker: Tommy Yarberry: 678.313.3737
Counties Will Track: Franklin and Stephens.

• GWINNETT CO.
Tracker: Travis Wilson: 678.343.1966
Counties Will Track: Gwinnett, north Fulton, Hall, Forsyth, Jackson, Barrow, Cherokee, DeKalb, Rockdale, Walton, Dawson, Cobb and Banks.

Tracker: Russell Butcher: 678.576.6223
Counties Will Track: Gwinnett, Hall, Barrow, Walton, Rockdale, DeKalb, Fulton, Jackson and Forsyth.

• HALL CO.
Tracker: Shannon Brock, 770.539.4057
Counties Will Track: Hall, Banks, Jackson, White, Habersham and Lumpkin.

Tracker: Jacob Schulze, 770.519.4998
Counties Will Track: Hall, White, Lumpkin, Habersham, Dawson and Pickens.

Tracker: Trey Smith, 678.934.3636
Counties Will Track: Hall, Banks, Jackson, White, Lumpkin, Dawson and Forsyth.

• HANCOCK CO.
Tracker: Ben Reddick: 478.456.7791, 478.456.2111
Counties Will Track: Hancock, Greene, Washington, Warren, Putnam, Baldwin and Taliaferro.

• HARALSON CO.
Tracker: Joe Mullins, 678.877.2643
Counties Will Track: Haralson, Polk, Paulding, Douglas and Carroll.

• JENKINS CO.
Tracker: Michael Turner, 478.494.9136
Counties Will Track: Jenkins, Burke, Screven and Emanuel.

• JOHNSON CO.
Tracker: Drew Anglin: 478.357.2217
Counties Will Track: Johnson, Washington, Emanuel, Laurens and Wilkinson

• JONES CO.
Tracker: Adam Martin, 478.722.9464
Counties Will Track: Jones, Baldwin, Wilkinson, Monroe, Bibb, Hancock, Twiggs and Butts.

• LAMAR CO.
Tracker: Chad Moxon: 478.258.1258
Counties Will Track: Lamar, Monroe, Crawford, Butts, Upson, Pike, Spalding, Henry, and Bibb.

Tracker: Kevin Bowlden: 770 866 2504
Counties Will Track: Lamar, Spalding, Pike, Henry, Clayton, Butts and Upson.

• LAURENS CO.
Tracker: Mike Lopez: 630.240.6394
Counties Will Track: Two hours from Laurens County.

Tracker: Mickey Jarrard: 478.484.5221
Counties Will Track: Laurens, Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski, Johnson, Wilkinson, Wheeler and Truetlen.

• LOWNDES CO.
Tracker: Brandon Granberg: 850.929.2309 (home); 850.838.7524 (cell)
Counties Will Track: Lowndes, Brooks, Echols, Tift, Cook, Lanier, Thomas, Colquitt, and Berrien.

• LUMPKIN CO.
Tracker: Kristopher King: 706.429.3739
Counties Will Track: Lumpkin, Hall, Dawson, Forsyth, White, Gilmer, most of Atlanta.

• MACON CO.
Tracker: Chad Yoder: 478.244.8937
Counties Will Track: Macon, Houston, Peach, Dooly, Sumter, Taylor and Schley.

Tracker: Scott Lopez: 912.294.7369
Counties Will Track: Macon, Peach, Houston, Twiggs, Bibb, Taylor, Jones, Dooly, Bleckley Laurens, Wilkinson, Crawford and Monroe.

• MADISON CO.
Tracker: Grant Dowell, 706.224.8140
Counties Will Track: Madison, Elbert Franklin, Hart, Jackson Oglethorpe and Stephens.

Tracker: T.J. Tyner, 706.318.4137
Counties Will Track: Madison, Clarke and Oglethorpe.

• MARION CO.
Tracker: Judy Catrett: 229.314.9082 (Gun season only)
Counties Will Track: Marion, Schley, Taylor, Chattahoochee, Sumter, Webster and Talbot.

• MCDUFFIE CO.
Tracker: Chuck Cumber: 706.690.1103
Counties Will Track: McDuffie and will track statewide.

Tracker: Austin Rivers: 706.836.3402
Counties Will Track: McDuffie and will track statewide.

• MERIWETHER CO.
Tracker: Tim Byrd: 706.333.5641
Counties Will Track: Meriwether, Coweta , Troup, Fayette, Heard, Carroll, Talbot, Pike and Spalding.

• MITCHELL CO.
Tracker: Kyle Parks: 229-347-1350
Counties Will Track: Mitchell, Dougherty, Lee and Worth.

• MONROE CO.
Tracker: Timmy Oller: 478.733.9017
Counties Will Track: Monroe, Jones, Bibb, Baldwin, Butts, Crawford, Houston, Lamar, Upson and Twiggs.

• MUSCOGEE CO.
Tracker: Lyle Avis: 785.307.2097
Counties Will Track: Within a 90-minute radius of Muscogee County.

Tracker: Hunter Hemmings, 706.315.1403
Counties Will Track: Muscogee, Harris and Talbot.

• NEWTON CO.
Tracker: Bobby Reynolds: 770.354.4725
Counties Will Track: Newton, Rockdale, Henry, Dekalb, Jackson, Walton, Morgan, Jasper, Putnam, Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren. Will go farther, but generally stays on east side of Atlanta along I-20.

• OCONEE CO.
Tracker: Kyle Clay: 470.554.4389
Counties Will Track: Oconee, Oglethorpe, Clarke, Barrow, Jackson, Madison, Morgan, Walton and Greene.

• PAULDING CO.
Tracker: Matt Wilkes: 404.569.4273
Counties Will Track: Paulding, Carroll, Douglas, Cobb, South Fulton, Haralson and Polk.

Tracker: Travis Gallo: 407.383.2153
Counties Will Track: Paulding, Cobb, Bartow, Floyd and Polk.

• PIKE CO.
Tracker: Tony O’Connell: 470.774.8302
Counties Will Track: Pike, Fayette, Meriwether and Spalding and Upson.

• PIKE CO.
Tracker: Shawn Garrett: 706.601.8022
Counties Will Track: Pike, Upson, Lamar, Meriwether, Spaulding, Talbot, Coweta, Fayette and Henry.

• PIKE CO.
Tracker: Thomas Sullivan: 770.296.0059
Counties Will Track: Pike, Spalding, Lamar, Upson, Coweta, Heard, Troup, Meriwether, Henry, Fayette, Talbot, Taylor, Butts, Monroe and Twiggs.

• POLK CO.
Tracker: Casin Goodson: 760.626.5892
Counties Will Track: Within two hours of Polk County.

PUTNAM CO.
Tracker: Nick Friedrich: 770.354.6983
Counties Will Track: Putnam, Greene, Morgan, Hancock and Taliaferro.

Tracker: Brad Gill: 706.816.8831 (Gun season only)
Counties Will Track: Putnam and Morgan.

QUITMAN CO.
Tracker: Linc Anderson Jr., 334.621.9537
Counties Will Track: Quitman, Clay, Stewart, Randolph and Barbour Co., Ala.

• SCHLEY CO.
Tracker: Johnathan McElroy: 229.942.4216.
Counties Will Track: Schley, Marion, Taylor, Talbot, Sumter, Macon and Lee counties.

• SPALDING CO.
Tracker: Ken Parker: 770.468.5459
Counties Will Track: Spalding, Coweta, Fayette, Spalding, Pike, Lamar, Meriwether, Butts and Henry.

• STEWART CO.
Tracker: Allen Barrett: 229.942.3353
Counties Will Track: Stewart, Webster, Schley, Marion, Chattahoochee, Randolph, Terrell, Quitman, Dougherty, Clay, Calhoun, Lee and Sumter.

•  TELFAIR CO.
Tracker: Brian Walker: 229.315.1948
Counties Will Track: Telfair.

•  TELFAIR CO.
Tracker: Evan Adams: 229.315.9339
Counties Will Track: Telfair and Dodge.

• THOMAS CO.
Tracker: Randy Vick: (C) 229.224.1814, (H) 229.226.6149
Counties Will Track: Thomas County and a 70-mile radius surrounding Thomas County.

• TREUTLEN CO.
Tracker: Marty Edge: 478.299.2754
Counties Will Track: Treutlen, Emanuel, Laurens, Johnson, Montgomery, Toombs, Candler and Wheeler.

• UNION CO.
Tracker: Peyton Brewer 706.994.6844
Counties Will Track: Union.

• UPSON CO.
Tracker: Steve Brown: 706.975.5447 (will not track after dark)
Counties Will Track: Upson, Talbot, Pike and Meriwether.

• WALTON CO.
Tracker: Nicholas Skinner: 678.618.5162
Counties Will Track: Walton, Morgan, Jasper, Newton, Rockdale, Gwinnett, Barrow, Oconee, Greene and Putnam.

Tracker: Josh Baxley, 404.392.6191
Counties Will Track: Walton and Morgan.

• WARE CO.
Tracker: Craig James: 912.282.3838
Counties Will Track: Ware.

• WASHINGTON CO.
Tracker: London Young: 478.357.9758
Counties Will Track: Washington, Hancock, Jefferson, Johnson, Baldwin, Lauren, Putnam, Glascock, Truetlen, Emanuel, Twiggs, Bleckley, Wheeler, Dodge, Montgomery and Pulaski.

• WHITE CO.
Tracker: Chris Rea: 706.969.9844
Counties Will Track: White, Hall, Lumpkin, Union, Forsyth, Banks, Gilmer, Fannin, Cherokee, Habersham and Pickens.

• WILKINSON CO.
Tracker: Neal Smith: 478.456.5301
Counties Will Track: Wilkinson, Washington, Johnson, Laurens, Baldwin and Twiggs.

• WORTH CO.
Tracker: Adam Godfrey, 706)-978-9530 (cell); (601)-601-4563 (work)
Counties Will Track: Worth, Lee, Crisp, Dooly, Sumter, Dougherty, Colquitt, Tift and Turner.

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2 Comments

  1. Coyoteslayer on September 5, 2019 at 6:50 pm

    How do we get added to the list of Dial a Tracking Dog for this year?



    • Daryl on September 5, 2019 at 11:11 pm

      Email [email protected] or call 800.438.4663 during office hours.



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