re: Deer Blood Tracking Dog

Posted on 1/17/24 at 9:39 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt

Posted by Old Man and a Porch

Member since Dec 2023

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Posted on 1/17/24 at 9:39 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt

If I get my dog in February or March can I use purchased deer blood to start?

Could I thaw out deer meat from the freezer?

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Posted by Yukon7

Louisiana

Member since May 2018

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Posted on 1/17/24 at 10:19 am to Old Man and a Porch

I started mine using the dog bone blood trail training scent. And i would change it up using blood from a pack of deer meat. Keep a pair of limb shears in the back of your truck, if you see fresh road kill on the side of the road, cut the hooves off. I think it’s important to bring a variety of scents. Start of simple , straight line for 10 yards. Increase distance each time. Add 1 obstacle a week ( like a turn, or skip 10 yards of scent, circle back, etc.)

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Posted by way_south

Member since Jul 2017

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Posted on 1/17/24 at 11:35 am to Old Man and a Porch

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If I get my dog in February or March can I use purchased deer blood to start?

Train your dog to track a scent, not just blood. Put them on what you want them to track and go, they will learn the difference. My dog was trained with many different things to trail and I have to trust him, I am colorblind.

Guys I hunt with used to say that he's not following the blood, and he never does, he follows the scent in the air and works a narrowing V pattern to the deer. I have 100% faith in him to trail, he was trained by Randy Devall for this task.

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