For those of you that use dogs to track deer after the shot, what are the best ways you have used to train your dog to track them. Not looking to send the pup to some high dollar trainer. I'm more of a DIY kinda guy. Any and all help accepted and appreciated. TIA and God Bless.
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I started my lacy pup on beef liver trails with a treat at the end. Started straight lines 20-30 yards. She's up to about 100-125 yards with one turn.
I also play hide and seek with her favorite ball or toy in the house and tell her to find it. Hoping to put her on some dead deer this fall.
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I keep the liver, heart, hocks and what ever blood I can salvage. I then just make trails for my dog to follow, my dog is three, our practice now consist of me soaking a hock in blood, tying a rope to it and dragging it behind my bicycle, I like to start at one of my feeders to make it as real as possible. Most of the time somewhere on the trail I will untie the hock let it sit while I circle around to make sure she isn’t trailing me, then I circle back re hook the hock and head out, once finished I tie the hock to a tree, head back to the house, load up the dog just like I am going out for real, collar and all, this technique has worked well for me.
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Originally posted by redfishted View PostI keep the liver, heart, hocks and what ever blood I can salvage. I then just make trails for my dog to follow, my dog is three, our practice now consist of me soaking a hock in blood, tying a rope to it and dragging it behind my bicycle, I like to start at one of my feeders to make it as real as possible. Most of the time somewhere on the trail I will untie the hock let it sit while I circle around to make sure she isn’t trailing me, then I circle back re hook the hock and head out, once finished I tie the hock to a tree, head back to the house, load up the dog just like I am going out for real, collar and all, this technique has worked well for me.
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Originally posted by BlessedVeteran0305 View PostMay have to head out to the grasslands and try this. Don’t have a lease to take him to and I live in the city limits. Neighbors may be calling the HOA of I go a blazing a trail of blood through the neighborhood [emoji1787] ……. On second thought [emoji848]
If your putting enough blood for your neighbors to see you aren’t pushing your pup.
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Originally posted by GarGuy View PostWhat they said plus put the dog on every deer you can. Even dead in tracks deer. He needs to understand the end game.
Especially dead easy to find deer early on. They have to expect to find a dead deer on every track. Too many dead end track and they get used to giving up easy.
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