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Puppy seeks trailing opportunities for big game recovery training

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carpsniperg2:
Agree they could say must not have any weapons when tracking after legal hrs if they are worried about people shooting after legal light?

elkboy:

--- Quote from: cem3434 on September 05, 2022, 03:27:37 PM ---What kind of pup and how do you train her to blood trail or is it more of a natural instinct based on the breed?

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She is a German shepherd/ great Pyrenees mix. I have been working with her since she was 3 months old,  using a laboratory squeeze bottle that I fill with deer or elk blood. I lay scent lines with the squeeze bottle and put treats at the end. I'm following John Jeanneney's book on training blood trailing dogs.

Machias:
Awesome that it finally passed!

mcrawfordaf:
I have been interested in getting my GSP trained for blood tracking as well! I contacted a warden out here in regards to having a dog in the field with you during the hunt and found that in the back of the book it specifies:

• (RCW 77.15.240): Allowing a dog, owned or
controlled by you, to pursue or injure deer
or elk or to accompany you while you are
hunting deer or elk is prohibited.
• (WAC 220-413-060): Hunting or pursuing any
big game animal, bobcat, or coyote with dogs
is prohibited, except cougar during cougar
management removals authorized by the
Fish and Wildlife Commission.
• The use of one blood-trailing dog controlled
by leash during lawful hunting hours within
72-hours of shooting a big game animal,
except bear and cougar, is allowed to track
wounded big game and aid in recovery. ".

So one would have to have their dog back at camp OR travel all the way back home to grab him and bring him back to the blood trail. Kind of annoying if you're hunting a ways from home and cant reasonably keep the dog solo at your camp. He even said I shouldn't be out glassing for animals with my dog at my side if I'm holding a bear/cougar tag and weapon with me.

dreadi:
I find it particularly interesting that they specified “blood trailing dogs (hounds)” when dogs can track a scent in the air and on the ground.

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