Black lab

[dvbookshop]

Anyone trained there lab for stalking thanks

My old lab learnt on the job and did very well. New lab/gsp cross is showing lots of promise.

 

[Fox Red]

Great all-rounders

 

[Donk1]

Currently training mine steadiness is key ,I followed the big game indicating dog blue print by Paul Michaels ,great course and she’s turning into a tidy dog with it , she’s about 14 months now and tracked two deer the end of last year for me , nothing difficult but enough too keep her interested , she’s now indicating and put me onto a doe in the next field over last outing so she’s getting there

 

[Graycj]

Chap who’s kindly taken me out shooting and stalking a couple times has a black lab that loves tracking deer and does a great job at it. He swears the dog knows the difference between him picking up his rifle and his shotgun and acts accordingly.

 

[Bowland blades]

My old lab learnt on the job and did very well. New lab/gsp cross is showing lots of promise.

is there really another way than " on the job"?

 

[Donk1]

is there really another way than " on the job"?

Yes a course first too put the basics in place like steadiness recall using skins too shoe differences between wind scent ground scent etc there’s loads that can be done before you take it into a real life scenario

 

[Heym SR20]

Here’s mine

 

[dvbookshop]

is there really another way than " on the job"?

I meant without introductory training with scent shoes etc.

 

[Bowland blades]

I meant without introductory training with scent shoes etc.

personally having done only two dogs, is dont bother unless your after doing tests / demonstrations . My first i worked hard on ( a GWP) the other i just took out ( a Lab , i used primarily wildfowling) he made it look easy first go . Well i better qualify that a bit the lab had followed down many a goose and had been on a fair few deer kills but actual set blood trailing and slot shoes etc zero .

 

[norma 308]

Trained herself very rarely go without her unless too warm never leave her in the truck sits to stick deployment waits to shot perfect dog loves the job just getting on in years now gets the kidney on every deer we shoot together

 

[dvbookshop]

personally having done only two dogs, is dont bother unless your after doing tests / demonstrations . My first i worked hard on ( a GWP) the other i just took out ( a Lab , i used primarily wildfowling) he made it look easy first go . Well i better qualify that a bit the lab had followed down many a goose and had been on a fair few deer kills but actual set blood trailing and slot shoes etc zero .

I take your point. My problem is that I don't get to stalk often so I wanted Lochie to have some idea of what the game is before he even got to see a deer. It paid off; I struggled to find this one in the thick brash but he led me to it once we found some blood. Not bad for nine months! Hope he remembers the kidney he got. I like his "OK, now what?" expression.

 

[dvbookshop]

An interesting thing happened on this same trip; I was sitting within sight of a roe ring I spotted earlier when a doe and last year's doe kid dashed out of a plantation, danced around the ring for a moment and dashed back in again. It was as if they were mimicking rutting behaviour. Lovely to see.

 

[Bowland blades]

I take your point. My problem is that I don't get to stalk often so I wanted Lochie to have some idea of what the game is before he even got to see a deer. It paid off; I struggled to find this one in the thick brash but he led me to it once we found some blood. Not bad for nine months! Hope he remembers the kidney he got. I like his "OK, now what?" expression.

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[James0586]

Currently training mine steadiness is key ,I followed the big game indicating dog blue print by Paul Michaels ,great course and she’s turning into a tidy dog with it , she’s about 14 months now and tracked two deer the end of last year for me , nothing difficult but enough too keep her interested , she’s now indicating and put me onto a doe in the next field over last outing so she’s getting there

Hi, did you follow the blue print on dvd or was it the downloaded version/subscription?

 

[Donk1]

Hi, did you follow the blue print on dvd or was it the downloaded version/subscription?

It’s downloadable mate absolutely amazing course

 

[Julian S]

Its worth buying some tracking shoes ,the ones you fix deer feet to and use a bit of deer blood to get the dog to get used to really use his nose on the ground, My lab started to look for downed deer after not having to actually track much as most deer were dropping on spot instead of a 300 yd track like i did when training him

 

[Iamtheferryman]

My mate Jake (yellow lab) was born knowing what to do. Was 1st a beating dog, then a picking up dog, the a pigeon dog, then a rabbit dog and when I needed him too he was a deer dog.

Minimal training just knew what needed to be done.

I am a participant in a controversial cull too..............I ****ed up one night and Jake did a 500yrd track, through 7ft maize, straight to the beasty that had the misfortune of my balls up.

Labs are the mutts nutts