Bowhunting with Dog

[TSAMP]

What do you need the dog for? Sounds like your guard goats will have it handled.

 

[OKHunter84]

I would not take a dog. I love dogs, but that sounds like a terrible idea.

Bow hunting is hard enough.
Hunting out west is hard enough and then you have extra crap to take on top of everything you'll need to take with just yourself.

I understand your wife being nervous. She'll get used to it. Take your Inreach, share waypoints where you're going to camp, what days you'll be there, what days you'll leave, give her details and communicate. Take care of all your business at the house before you leave.

 

[jlw0142]

I would not take a dog. I love dogs, but that sounds like a terrible idea.

Bow hunting is hard enough.
Hunting out west is hard enough and then you have extra crap to take on top of everything you'll need to take with just yourself.

I understand your wife being nervous. She'll get used to it. Take your Inreach, share waypoints where you're going to camp, what days you'll be there, what days you'll leave, give her details and communicate. Take care of all your business at the house before you leave.

This is good advice. Thank you for sharing!


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[Chris in TN]

A deer is gonna be more alerted to human scent than dog scent.

It really depends on what the deer are used to and I've heard plenty of people argue that sort of 'wisdom' over the years. Believe as you please.

 

[OKHunter84]

It really depends on what the deer are used to and I've heard plenty of people argue that sort of 'wisdom' over the years. Believe as you please.

This is true. My cousin's family lives on 250 acres in NW Oklahoma. It's loaded with deer. You could watch deer feeding on his alfalfa a few hundred yards away while his kids were jumping on the trampoline and playing with his labs. They were not bothered by the kids playing, people talking or the dogs. They did seem to know the difference though if you were in a tree stand down in the woods, 30 yards away.

 

[Somthingoriginal]

Get on YouTube and look up "big game indicating dogs". It's possible. If that's what you're into.

 

[mavinwa2]

check the state's hunting regulations.
Most western states where I hunt you cannot be accompanied by a dog, in the field, woods while actively hunting big game.
Dog in vehicle, camp, ok.

My Lab Luna would wait for me until I got back to the vehicle after a morning or evenings hunt, usually 3-4 hours duration. Windows down a bit, bowl water available for her. Very protective, reactive dog, she was a great car alarm too. I could always tell when peeps were close to the vehicle. But hunting solo for 20 days, she was great companionship at camp and in the tent at night & pre-dawn mornings.

Was questioned by GW when my dog was in the vehicle during a January AZ OTC archery deer hunt. Returning to the truck, I had let her out for a run and Pee. GW drove up. But my weapon, bow, was stored in the truck. Still questioned me on use of the dog while on an archery hunt.