Post by NE Track on Dec 13, 2012 21:11:50 GMT -6
In my post I usually don't include a picture of the hunter. I like to focus on the dog and handler and share our tracking experience.
Well this became an interesting track and the first time I encountered this combination of problems. Sadie and I were tracking on private land that the hunter had permission to hunt. In the first photo you can see Sadie out front and the hunter trying to bring us to the area where he shot the deer. Well that was one of the problems he couldn't remember the hit site it had rained and began to snow. He couldn't find first blood. I know that happens people get excited and watch the deer run away and become forgetful.
In the off season we trained for this scenario I would cast Sadie out and we would do a grid search. In the second picture you can see Sadie has a hit on blood scent. I have her wait then I attach the lead.
In this set of photos Sadie is on track and is working her was through the woods. She looked up because we just jumped some deer out of the swamp and they crossed the nearby road.
As we tracked the deer to the road we were greeted by the land owner. He was wondering what I was doing on his land. The hunter explained that he made a bad shot and called a licensed tracker.
When I talked to the hunter on the phone he told me I had permission to track on the property. The land owner was fine with me tracking on his property but told us once we crossed the road we could not shoot the deer if it was still alive. That part of the farm someone else had the hunting rights too. We crossed the road and tracked for a few hundred yards more. As you can see in the photo to the left Sadie's nose is to the ground she does that when shes searching for scent or the scent is weak. In the photo to the right the water is ice cold and she has no problem going in.
When we recover a deer I tie Sadie to a tree and collect blood for next summers training. I also warn the hunter to stay away from the dog because she needs to calm down.
The blood scent gets her excited. We pulled the deer out of the stream and the hunter forgot about Sadie tied to the tree. He was bent over and his butt was right in front of Sadie's face and she bit it.
I had to bite my lip to keep from laughing. I think it was pay back for not getting us cleared to track on the land.
Well this became an interesting track and the first time I encountered this combination of problems. Sadie and I were tracking on private land that the hunter had permission to hunt. In the first photo you can see Sadie out front and the hunter trying to bring us to the area where he shot the deer. Well that was one of the problems he couldn't remember the hit site it had rained and began to snow. He couldn't find first blood. I know that happens people get excited and watch the deer run away and become forgetful.
In the off season we trained for this scenario I would cast Sadie out and we would do a grid search. In the second picture you can see Sadie has a hit on blood scent. I have her wait then I attach the lead.
In this set of photos Sadie is on track and is working her was through the woods. She looked up because we just jumped some deer out of the swamp and they crossed the nearby road.
As we tracked the deer to the road we were greeted by the land owner. He was wondering what I was doing on his land. The hunter explained that he made a bad shot and called a licensed tracker.
When I talked to the hunter on the phone he told me I had permission to track on the property. The land owner was fine with me tracking on his property but told us once we crossed the road we could not shoot the deer if it was still alive. That part of the farm someone else had the hunting rights too. We crossed the road and tracked for a few hundred yards more. As you can see in the photo to the left Sadie's nose is to the ground she does that when shes searching for scent or the scent is weak. In the photo to the right the water is ice cold and she has no problem going in.
When we recover a deer I tie Sadie to a tree and collect blood for next summers training. I also warn the hunter to stay away from the dog because she needs to calm down.
The blood scent gets her excited. We pulled the deer out of the stream and the hunter forgot about Sadie tied to the tree. He was bent over and his butt was right in front of Sadie's face and she bit it.
I had to bite my lip to keep from laughing. I think it was pay back for not getting us cleared to track on the land.
