re: Deer Blood Tracking Dog

You hit the nail on the head. I will still track for the public if someone can’t fill it. But there’s enough people who live to track and prefer to do that than hunt. I’m the opposite.

I started off on a leash first , i think it really helped me learn the dog. And also taught her to work at the pace in which i can follow her. We spent the last 2 years using the tracker, and i much prefer that as it allows me to walk around briars, obstacles, etc.

Always trust the dog, the dog is right. I’ve only had one time where she was wrong and that was due to it being 100 degrees and in a drought her 2nd year.

You will learn a lot with your first blood tracking dog, and what you would do differently the next time. My dog is a beagle and a house pet, and because of it , she doesn’t have drive. She has the drive to track and has found deer since she was 6 months old, but she isn’t about to go bay or get into it with a live deer. Pack of coyotes get on the deer, she’s outta there. Her sole purpose is to find a dead deer, collect her foot to chew on and call it a night.

Already have a Heeler that I’m working on to work with her, he has the drive but doesn’t seem to have the nose at the moment. It’s all a work in progress but takes patience sometimes.

More important , have fun with it, it’s definitely rewarding to see the smile on everyone’s face when you have found their deer.