Hunting Big Game with Man’s Best Friend

[wytx]

"Just be sure if you are using the dog to specifically alert you, and assist you, it is legal."

This is exactly what the GW told me was illegal, typo maybe? The dog can not alert you to game while hunting.

 

[Jesse Jaymes]

RE: tracking. I am rather confident that if you simply cut the dog loose (DD) they will track/trail/search and locate a carcass. It's us the Fs them up. But not generally legal and as useful.

The bringsel stuff is amazing. Blows my mind how you'd train them to do it.

 

[30338]

You teach them to retreive the bringsel first I understand. Then with it hanging between their front legs, they only see it when they reach the carcass. Then when their head goes down they see the bringsel, grab it and retrieve it. No need for this in CO as they can't be off leash while tracking.

I taught my oldest draht to take empty water bottles to the kitchen trash can in about 5 minutes. They have great thought processes and great genetics.

 

[Jason Snyder]

"Just be sure if you are using the dog to specifically alert you, and assist you, it is legal."

This is exactly what the GW told me was illegal, typo maybe? The dog can not alert you to game while hunting.

No it’s not a typo. I’m saying IF YOU DO use the dog to assist you in alerting game make sure it is legal to do so. I’ve never hunted in a state where it is and as such wouldn’t specifically train or try to use my dog to alert.

 

[7mm-08]

Dogs are the best people ever!

 

[Jason Snyder]

 

[Dogone]

I had a pudelpointer named Fritz. One of the versatile breeds. He wound sound on a treed coon for hours. Smart but stubborn. Never got as far in training as using the bringsel.

 

[NealS02]

I do not hunt big game with my Brittany, but did have an amazing Beagle who tracked down a deer I shot in about 30 seconds after I spent an hour trying to blood trail.

 

[IDVortex]

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That's gorgeous country! And pups!

 

[FürsT0322]

I currently live in Germany (originally from Utah) I hunt lots of game with my Draathaar in tow. He stays in the jeep on some night hunt stands and I bring him out to track if needed. Usually, I let him run the track regardless to the carcass. He has passed and scored well in the VJP the HZP and his 600 meter overnight track, but I have not done the final VGP with him. Gearing up for drive hunt season now, which is another experience all in its own.