Free Games Hunting Deer
I am looking for a good tracking dog.
I take many novices as well as youth out hunting (for free) a lot throughout the year. I do spend time with them teaching them shot placement and marksmanship prior to the hunt but unfortunately not all shots are well placed resulting in wounding an animal. I HATE wounding animals. That is where the tracking dog would come in. I am good at tracking myself but I am limited to sight tracking. I also have two children that would spend time with the dog. I live in East Texas and would mainly be tracking wounded hogs and deer as well as some small game. Any suggestions?
A good tracking dog does not have be any particular breed , or even be a pure bred dog. I would suggest a dog of medium build, because you need to keep it on a leash to track your animal. He can take over by smell , where you had to give up on sight trailing the blood. We use one on our hunting lease, and it has found almost every animal we have shot, and could no longer keep on it’s trail because of a lack of blood and sign. They are a tremendous asset to anyone that hunts. We have had 4 so far that we have used, none was a particular breed..You can take the dog to the woods when you make a kill and encourage him to trail the blood and scent to the deer . When he does find the deer , make a big deal out of it and feed him a doggie treat as a reward- this will get most dogs, if they have any hunting instinct in them to get started finding your game- You need to keep the dog on the leash , so if a rabbit or something else jumps up, he is easier to control and keep on the deer trail-We have had some dogs that did not need the leash and would do nothing but trail the wounded deer, but on most dogs it is easier to use the leash while blood trailing. Good luck!
The Hunter PC Game – Hunting Deer (HD)