Guys Using Deer Dogs

[kyboy44 11]

Just wanted to ask you guys who use deer dogs under high set have you had your dog pick up on a deer coming in before you seen it also could someone who let they dog stay under the high set tell me why the deer are not scared off soon as they know the dog was there

[Hydropotesinermis 724]

Yeah if the wind is right the dog will often mark it before I spot it.

 

On your second point the Deer don't know the dog is there. I have normally shot them before they have a chance to find out.

[kyboy44 11]

Cool I was thinking a deer would smell the dog before they saw it

[Hydropotesinermis 724]

If they can smell the dog then generally they can smell you too.

[sussex 5,777]

My old dog often had them scented before I see them , as a matter of course I would look down at her .As for deer getting close about ten foot was the nearest , if the wind is right and the dog doesn't move they often walked right by ..the new dog this season has has progressed well , not quite up to the old girl but well on track .

[kyboy44 11]

I was just wondering I know over here just seeing a dog would make a deer run but I guess if the dog stays still it might not scare the deer

[3175darren 1,101]

The hardest thing to do is get the dog to sit quiet, any whine however small is bad, steady is everything, you have to raise them as quiet as you can, nothing worse than seeing the other half having a conversation with your pup,nothing causes whinging more than that, and being too excited, it's caused a few fall outs in my house, in the past.

Edited April 29, 2016 by 3175darren

[Graham M 36]

The hardest thing to do is get the dog to sit quiet, any whine however small is bad, steady is everything, you have to raise them as quiet as you can, nothing worse than seeing the other half having a conversation with your pup,nothing causes whinging more than that, and being too excited, it's caused a few fall outs in my house, in the past.

You are right about that without a doubt. A few years ago I was invited to a small deer stalk in Warwickshire by a member of another forum. He had a beautiful little Labrador bitch in training as his deer dog who, although quite well trained, had a habit of growling at strangers.

I talked to her and gave her a little fuss and she quite took to me................. so much, that during the stalk she stuck to me rather than her owner, much to his annoyance.

I suppose you have to decide what you are looking for; a dog that does a job, and nothing else. Or a companion that comes shooting with you.

 

 

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[Lloyd90 509]

 

 

The hardest thing to do is get the dog to sit quiet, any whine however small is bad, steady is everything, you have to raise them as quiet as you can, nothing worse than seeing the other half having a conversation with your pup,nothing causes whinging more than that, and being too excited, it's caused a few fall outs in my house, in the past.

You are right about that without a doubt. A few years ago I was invited to a small deer stalk in Warwickshire by a member of another forum. He had a beautiful little Labrador bitch in training as his deer dog who, although quite well trained, had a habit of growling at strangers.

I talked to her and gave her a little fuss and she quite took to me................. so much, that during the stalk she stuck to me rather than her owner, much to his annoyance.

I suppose you have to decide what you are looking for; a dog that does a job, and nothing else. Or a companion that comes shooting with you.

 

 

G

It's all good having a companion that comes with you but if whining or barking will scare off the quarry then you have a companion that you can't bring with you!

[kyboy44 11]

Just found out a another way that might work for us over here is the dog walking beside you on a leash and pointing or setting when they pick up on something has anyone worked one like that we have to keep the dog on a leash at all times

[3175darren 1,101]

My pointer was a good deer dog, and I used to start him on lead, then remove it a couple of hundred yard into stalk, and he was fine, he would sometimes get in front 5/10 yard but that was it, he would stiffen up on deer, and was very aware of the space around you, he wouldn't trip you even when working close,

On Sika he would sit quiet but his coat was too thin for real cold days so he had to wear a vest, wire haired next time I think,

[kyboy44 11]

Cool man just over here the law is that the dog has to be on a leash at all times was just wondering if anyone works them like that

[3175darren 1,101]

Cool man just over here the law is that the dog has to be on a leash at all times was just wondering if anyone works them like that

i didn't but you can, they adapt quickly enough, when training I used to use a horse lung line,and let it drag behind him on the floor, I could stand on it to check him if needs be,

[kyboy44 11]

Cool