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Tracking Wounded Deer With A Dog
Posted on 4/4/24 at 10:21 am
Posted on 4/4/24 at 10:21 am
Just getting into this and really enjoy it. I went to the UBT event at Percy Quinn this past weekend and learned a lot of new things. I have some deer hide that I have cut up and use it as a drag. I have deer hoof that I use also. The only problem is you have to thaw and refereeze those two things. Does anyone use anything else to put a line down for training?
I tried the liquid from the company Dogbone but it has absolutely no smell to it. I honestly think it’s useless.
I tried the liquid from the company Dogbone but it has absolutely no smell to it. I honestly think it’s useless.
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Posted on 4/4/24 at 10:22 am to Old Man and a Porch
No smell to you doesn't mean no smell to your dog
put your nose to the ground in the woods and tell me you can smell that a deer passed there...
put your nose to the ground in the woods and tell me you can smell that a deer passed there...
Posted on 4/4/24 at 10:36 am to Old Man and a Porch
Thawing and re-freezing is a pain, but does not affect the scent trail. Always prep your “drag” using rubber gloves so the dog is not tracking you. I used liver to start my pup, it is easy, a lot of scent and a good treat when found. My dog is trained to track the scent I tell him, we play hide and seek with the grandkids , that being said you can use anything to set a trail
Posted on 4/4/24 at 10:36 am to Old Man and a Porch
I am colorblind and rely on my dog to track all my deer that don’t just drop. They are amazing and you shouldn’t train to track just deer, you should train to trail a scent. My dog was trained by Randy Devall with a variety of scents, dragged over others and they learn to focus on what you want and not go on to something else.
When I picked him up, Randy had his daughter twirl a qtip in her hair and drop it. She walked off 400 yards into the woods and he trailed her and found her quickly. He’s pretty amazing to watch and I have 100% confidence in him. He tracks all the deer where we hunt to stay in practice, even though I am the only one who can’t see the blood. If I ever go alone, I don’t worry about non recovery at all.
When I picked him up, Randy had his daughter twirl a qtip in her hair and drop it. She walked off 400 yards into the woods and he trailed her and found her quickly. He’s pretty amazing to watch and I have 100% confidence in him. He tracks all the deer where we hunt to stay in practice, even though I am the only one who can’t see the blood. If I ever go alone, I don’t worry about non recovery at all.
Posted on 4/4/24 at 10:49 am to mylsuhat
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put your nose to the ground in the woods and tell me you can smell that a deer passed there...
what impresses me more is when they don't sniff the ground, they just "wind" them.
I shot a deer a few years ago and saw it run and drop. Went to the camp to get my beagle just to get her a little practice. The deer ran east and there was a strong south wind. I turned her loose and she ran about 15 or so feet north of the path the deer ran until she got to it. She wasn't sniffing the ground just the scent particle in the air.
Dog's noses are amazing.
And to the OP, when we trained her we would save blood from deer, hogs, or whatever and mix it with a little water in a spray bottle and go spray a trail in the park and then let her follow it. I do like the suggestion of the other poster who recommended liver.
This post was edited on 4/4/24 at 10:54 am
Posted on 4/4/24 at 12:25 pm to REB BEER
Yeah something similar happened to me. Hunting a piece of public near the house. Shot a spike and knew the shot sailed wide. I watched him run a ways out and he disappeared. Sun was going down so I waited, got down and went home. Was in the 30s.
Went back at 10 the next day not to mess with anyone that may have been hunting. Brought my completely untrained lab. As we were walking to where the arrow was he locked up and started pulling. Deer was 10 yards from where I last saw him.
Went back at 10 the next day not to mess with anyone that may have been hunting. Brought my completely untrained lab. As we were walking to where the arrow was he locked up and started pulling. Deer was 10 yards from where I last saw him.
Posted on 4/4/24 at 1:50 pm to mylsuhat
Having a tracking dog is amazing. We found countless bucks in the last few years that would have gotten away, some just grazed in the hind quarters, but the dogs ran them down, after tracking and jumping them up. My bud that has the dogs, put a gps collar on them, and it’s amazing at what they can smell and track. And when they wind an animal how their gps signal chart looks, cause sometimes they don’t bark, but circle the animal, and my bud can just tell where the animal is layed up, based on their gps pattern. It’s crazy efficient!
This post was edited on 4/4/24 at 1:52 pm
Posted on 4/4/24 at 4:16 pm to REB BEER
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what impresses me more is when they don't sniff the ground, they just "wind" them
That amazes everyone that watches my dog work. I hunt with a guy that can see blood and he knows the direction the deer went based on it, but my dog is downwind working in an ever narrowing V pattern until he is on the deer.
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