To Heck With Deer....

[Roger Norris]

Originally posted by magnus:
Can't see your pics.

Fixed....not sure why that keeps happening...

[Cyclic-Rivers]

I hear You Roger. I was thinking the same thing. went scouting after the last bit of snow. we are getting it tonight. should be fun!

[Mr. fingers]

Buckeye thank for the info. I guess I have an e coller I have the invisible fence around my entire yard . I got the system that has the hand held training device. An audible tone and 3 levels of shock. I just have not used it yet  I wasn't sure it. Would work when they are in hot persuit. But thinking about it why wouldn't it. We have other dogs walk by and he goes like a bat out of heck and stops on a dime.
I just need to figure out the range and work with him before I let him go
.I would love to get another beagle but I don't think my neighbors woul appreciate it. They are noisy.
Thanks again
..Tim

[DamselflyFarm]

I agree with Maineac. Wish we had cottontail around here as that sounds like a bunch of fun. Good luck.

[Ibow]

Nice picts Roger. We finally got a decent snow here in W. MI and while I'm a long ways off from drawing back a bow, I've had Annie out there on some walks and it's just a treat to watch her work. Great thread...

[Pheonixarcher]

You can also get e-collars that have a "page" function. This either lets you make the collar beep or vibrate, warning the dog to listen, or get a zap! Works great. I have a very hyper English setter, that loves to hunt. But when you're bird hunting, and he likes to get on the trail of every squirrel, chipmunk, or any other warm blooded animal, it can be an annoyance. I just page him and tell him to find the bird, and its back to business, without discouraging his instinct to hunt. Also when they start to get a little too far away, a little warning brings them right back without 'hurting' them.

[olddogrib]

Roger,
After our correspondence and much-appreciated good advice you gave me, there have been two "misfires" with my buddie's bitch and it looks like spring now before he can try again.  Oh well, I've committed to a pup and the hefty stud fee he paid covers another "exposure".  I've suggested maybe playing some Barry White turned down low in the kennel, LOL!  The male has the genes and field trial trophies out the yingyang, but I'm wondering if being relegated to a life of reproduction hasn't removed some of his edge and a little doggie Viagra may be in order. I grew up hunting rabbits over beagles, but wasn't very involved in the training, so this will be a learning experience for me and the pup. One will eventually train the other. The methods and technology available have come a long way in 40 years.  When using an E-collar(and I plan to), I always wondered how you knew what they were running if you didn't see it jumped? (Charles, thanks for the explanation, where I hunt may have more deer than rabbits!) I'm planning on hunting my dog singly also and hopefully can train it to hunt close.   I've also read that they make deer scent for breaking pups, apparently so concentrated it's unpleasant.  Another source recommended a piece of deer hide on a mouse trap and a few "nose snappings".  Anyone tried those techniques?
Get'em Daisy!

[Biggamefish]

I have two beagles I run and they have tracking collars which work wonders.  I run them with a training collar two just incase I see a deer take off and they get a funny idea.  I have tried everything to break them of running deer but nothing works untill they get a buzz going through them and then they think twice.

[Roger Norris]

When Daisy runs a deer (which she hasn't in awhile) she is going in a straight line, and has a very choppy bark. When on rabbits, she bawls more, and her trailing meanders.

[Sean B]

I didn't have much of a deer season.  I just got a dozen arrows ready for small game.  Good luck

[Gdpolk]

I just told the wife the same thing.  Small game hunting is the best.

[Shedrock]

No dogs needed. I got 4 this afternoon in less than an hour by spot and stalk, and still hunting in greasewood, and sage brush. I missed two as well. My dogs will run rabbits a mile or more, who wants dogs? When your into a bunch of tracks, look good and walk slow.

[Roadkill]

We really do lovebunnies.  I shot 5 last Sunday and hope to get the same tomorrow.  Quail, jacks and coyotevare also viable targets.  We have got plenty of snow.  Stalking on the sunnyside of the sage pays for me.

Hey my quiver looks like a peacock, too.  Mismatched arrows remind me of my youth and losing one is not as painful...i actually found one lost ladt year on a hunt two weeks ago!

Long live rabbit hunting