Jason Snyder
WKR
This was a new facet of big game hunting I ventured into about six years ago. The German JGV system of testing hunting dogs incorporates many big game oriented tasks, including blood tracking, dead game retrieval, and a very high degree of discipline.
I have killed a number of deer and elk with my dog(s) along. They stay at heel (off lead) while hunting and will stay where I put them
should I need to sneak forward for a shot. I shot a bull one year while standing on a waist high deadfall log with my dog on the log beside me. Another time my dog ended up about two hundred yards behind me as I was sliding down the hill working my way into a shot on a moving herd of elk.
At first I was concerned about the dog being a burden. Far from it. I’ve had whitetail deer within bow range with him along.
My older dog is a fantastic blood tracker. I’ve not needed him for a recover, although I always let them work the blood trail to the carcass. However, my older dog was able to track a wounded bull for another hunter. It was a really tough track, 18 hours old and polluted by a hundred elk in the vicinity.
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Here are some of the photos of our adventures over the years. Finn is the black dog and is six. He has completed his 2 day utility test (VGP) within the testing system. The brown dog is Charli. She is 15 months old and will do the same over the next year and a half.
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I have killed a number of deer and elk with my dog(s) along. They stay at heel (off lead) while hunting and will stay where I put them
should I need to sneak forward for a shot. I shot a bull one year while standing on a waist high deadfall log with my dog on the log beside me. Another time my dog ended up about two hundred yards behind me as I was sliding down the hill working my way into a shot on a moving herd of elk.
At first I was concerned about the dog being a burden. Far from it. I’ve had whitetail deer within bow range with him along.
My older dog is a fantastic blood tracker. I’ve not needed him for a recover, although I always let them work the blood trail to the carcass. However, my older dog was able to track a wounded bull for another hunter. It was a really tough track, 18 hours old and polluted by a hundred elk in the vicinity.
![image.jpg image.jpg](https://forumdata.rokslide.com/file/forumdata/data/attachments/681/681106-e8a67124be70b8de54e1411ef471ac03.jpg)
Here are some of the photos of our adventures over the years. Finn is the black dog and is six. He has completed his 2 day utility test (VGP) within the testing system. The brown dog is Charli. She is 15 months old and will do the same over the next year and a half.
![IMG_1633.jpeg IMG_1633.jpeg](https://forumdata.rokslide.com/file/forumdata/data/attachments/681/681137-789a9037fbdde24eb440e3215bd19767.jpg)
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