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Offline BowForElk

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Training my dog to find sheds!
« on: March 05, 2013, 11:31:56 PM »
Hey guys I want to teach my dog to find sheds but I don't have any sheds! I was wondering if anyone (hopefully remotely local to rochester!) wanted to sell a handful of deer sheds. I don't care what ones they can be broke or little, nothing special just need a few to teach the pup.

I don't really know what the going rate for antlers is but I'm sure we could work something out!


So who's got some extra scrap sheds? eh eh eh eh?

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Re: Training my dog to find sheds!
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2013, 01:25:15 AM »
I have  a few cut up elk pieces....10-12" chunks. I may be able to spare one.  :dunno: Not sure how well that would work though.
Just one more day

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Re: Training my dog to find sheds!
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2013, 07:55:16 AM »
I don't have enough sheds to share yet but let me know if you want to get together to hunt sheds (train).

Also see my thread on Shed Dog Hunting  http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,116389.0.html


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Re: Training my dog to find sheds!
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2013, 10:22:55 AM »
E-bay has tons; my local Pets Mart has cut up ones so maybe give that a look   

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Re: Training my dog to find sheds!
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2013, 11:17:33 AM »
I don't have enough sheds to share yet but let me know if you want to get together to hunt sheds (train).

Also see my thread on Shed Dog Hunting  http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,116389.0.html


Will do Im just down HWY 12 off exit 88 not too far from you!

E-bay has tons; my local Pets Mart has cut up ones so maybe give that a look   


Ill check ebay and see what they got, I figured I would give you all a shot. Also I saw those at PartSmart the only thing is they are unscented...so I dunno if its gonna work well if she can't make the scent distinction well. She's a 12 week old pure bread German Shepherd so she will figure it out lol.

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Re: Training my dog to find sheds!
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2013, 11:27:53 AM »
Heres another question, if i buy a bunch of whitetail sheds how is that gonna work out if i need the dog to find blacktail sheds? As far as scent goes is she gonna be able to pick it up or not so much?

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Re: Training my dog to find sheds!
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2013, 11:35:23 AM »
ive got a video you can borrow that runs you through the training process, im pretty sure its from antlerdogs. I live in oakville

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Re: Training my dog to find sheds!
« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2013, 12:35:09 PM »
What about the scent on the antlers though? Im assuming that whitetail sheds have a different scent than a blacktail shed thus using whitetail sheds off ebay (if I can't get any off of you guys!!!!) she won't be on the right scent trail, looking for something that she isn't gonna find on this side of the state.  :dunno: :dunno:

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Re: Training my dog to find sheds!
« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2013, 12:40:10 PM »
I don't think it really matters what sheds you use to train them.  My dog was trained on blacktail sheds and found two elk sheds the first time I took her out looking for them.   :dunno:

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Re: Training my dog to find sheds!
« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2013, 01:49:32 PM »
Saweet! Ebay I go! I found like 10lbs of whitetail antlers for about 60 bucks which didn't seem horrible to me.  Should be enough for her to chew on and get used to then search around the property for!

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Re: Training my dog to find sheds!
« Reply #10 on: March 07, 2013, 07:49:16 AM »
You can purchase all your shed hunting stuff here at Gun Dog Supply.

http://www.gundogsupply.com/shed-dog-training-equipment.html

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Re: Training my dog to find sheds!
« Reply #11 on: March 08, 2013, 11:45:36 AM »
Saweet! Ebay I go! I found like 10lbs of whitetail antlers for about 60 bucks which didn't seem horrible to me.  Should be enough for her to chew on and get used to then search around the property for!

Just make sure your dog understands when looking and retriving shed its not one to chew vs one as a treat if you plan to give bone as treat. Just in case it’s a good one, and they sell sent for antler training at Cabelas. 

 


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