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Brendon
Joined: 11 Mar 2007
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Location: Melbourne,Australia
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:12 am Post subject: How to start dogs to hunt? |
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| Hi guys im completely new to the hunting scene...my question is how do you get your dog to start hunting...say kangaroo? is there special training needed and is it ok to use pit bulls as the dog? |
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Don Fischer
Joined: 24 Mar 2005
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Location: Antelope, Ore
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| Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:44 am Post subject: |
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Welcome to the site.
Kangaroo's huh? Boy that's a new one on me. I haven't a clue! Are you wanting the dog to find them and flush them out or what? |
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Brendon
Joined: 11 Mar 2007
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Location: Melbourne,Australia
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| Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Ummm i just want to know how to like train the dog to find the animal and umm hold onto it |
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Don Fischer
Joined: 24 Mar 2005
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Location: Antelope, Ore
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| Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:35 am Post subject: |
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| Probally the guy's up on the "wild pig" thred will be more help. |
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hunter777
Joined: 28 Oct 2003
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Brendon, put him in the field and let him sniff around awhile. Do you know anyone else that has dogs to see if he will follow them? I'm new to this stuff too and what I am doing now is just getting my pup out in the field and letting him sniff around and do his own thing(inside a large fenced in area). I'm just trying to let him build his own confidence so that he will learn to move off on his own. He goes out only so far and then comes back to see if I'm still there. Then he goes out further and longer before he comes back to "check on me"....just trying to build his confidence to let him know that I won't leave him there. In may I will take him to a place that we can run bear and I will see if he follows the other dogs and get used to the smell of bears since that is what I want him to hunt (also getting another hound while I'm there). He has meet a few bears before but they were all dead. I try to keep him off the game that I don't want him to run and I really cheer him on when we get near the bears. I am brand new at this too so if anyone has any sugestions for me.....they will be apreciated. |
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Real1
Joined: 16 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 9:05 am Post subject: |
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hunter777 wrote: Brendon, put him in the field and let him sniff around awhile.
That is a start. Another is to start training them with scents of the game your after. Start making scent trails and hide a few pelts with scents on them until you think they are ready to go on live hunts.
You can find some good predator scents if that is what your after at
http://hunting-scents.com
The best training for young dogs is to have them start hunting with those older more successful dogs and hold them back until they can`t take it any longer. |
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Don Fischer
Joined: 24 Mar 2005
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Location: Antelope, Ore
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 9:39 am Post subject: |
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| Welcome aboard Real 1. What do you have for dog's? |
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Real1
Joined: 16 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:04 am Post subject: |
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Don Fischer wrote: Welcome aboard Real 1. What do you have for dog's?
Hi Don,
Thanks....I no longer have any but did own a couple redbones and a english setter for birds. I no longer had time for them and the kids are now all grown. It was not fair to the dogs so I sold them. Mostly hunt deer now. |
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Widux
Joined: 18 Feb 2007
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Location: Melvina, Wi.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:16 am Post subject: |
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| Why use a dog? A truck or van with side door and BIG lights and a 22 mag should do it. |
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