Blood Dogs

[Montana'eer]

"Blood tracking" is a bit of a misnomer. If there is blood, you most likely won't need a dog. It's the bad shots, and the ones without blood that the dogs can save you. The best tracker I know trains his dogs to track the tarsal gland scent.

United Blood Trackers

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These are the guys you need to hook up with and learn from.

Interesting there is a group dedicated to finding wounded game! Who knew?!

 

[buzby]

Interesting there is a group dedicated to finding wounded game! Who knew?!

They also contribute to the political side, and have gotten several states to change their laws to allow tracking of wounded game.

 

[buzby]

As far as training goes John was a pioneer. His work is great. I will say that the guys down here have gotten away from on leash dogs to off leash dogs that will run a deer down and catch it or bay it. The recovery rate on marginally shot deer who may take days or weeks to die has gone way up.

Off lead is easier for the dog and handler for sure. I can understand the reasoning behind why it's not allowed in many states though, including my own. Not saying I agree.

 

[billflangjr813]

Wasn't sure where to post this.

I've seen a lot of people losing animals lately due to bad hits or bumping.

For those that have blood dogs, I've got a question for you.

I've got a 5 year old lab that has high drive for hunting. I was young and dumb when I first started training him for ducks I made him gun shy. My fault 100%.

Is it possible to get him on the trail and trained for blood? Like I said he's got a ton of drive to hunt. I'm hoping this may help getting into tracking.

Talk with Joe Brown, Florida Blood trail network , he can help you out.

 

[FlGunner]

Off lead is easier for the dog and handler for sure. I can understand the reasoning behind why it's not allowed in many states though, including my own. Not saying I agree.

Off lead is the only way I track. I can track my curs on lead but they're much more efficient off. The scent cone varies depending on many things. Down here in the south we have a lot of water and deer go through it and many stay in it and it's just not feasible to work on lead in water. Not to mention mine will actually catch and put teeth on a wounded deer. Most hunters couldn't keep up with me anyways so it's easier to let the dog work and I use that time to teach them a lil about what I'm doing and what the dog is doing. And if it's necessary to "finish" the deer off (a lot of times it's still alive) I can talk about how we're going to do it safely.