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Post by osprey on Feb 16, 2007 9:50:53 GMT -5
Started throwing a shed antler for my lab yesterday, gonna try to train her for antler hunting. I know a guy that uses his dog and finds TONS of sheds he'd normally never see. She's pretty smart, so we'll see how this goes. Anybody else use a dog??
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Post by THE DEER HUNTER on Feb 16, 2007 9:53:25 GMT -5
I've never heard of it, but it sounds like a good idea - why not?? I'm sure there's some sort of scent on antlers that a dog will be able to pick up on.
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Post by BIG FOX on Feb 16, 2007 9:59:05 GMT -5
i have heard of it but never seen it in use. my buddy bought a pure breed red bone hound he is goign to try and train to track deer on his farm to try and eliminate losing injured deer or finding them after it is too late. he needs to get craking on it thoguh he got the dog at 8 weeks and has had her for a couple months..
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Post by osprey on Feb 16, 2007 10:08:30 GMT -5
I've always played with antlers around her in the house, and she likes to sniff the ones laying around, so I don't think it'll be too hard. She's a funny dog sometimes - every once in a while she'll walk around the room and stare up at each deer head for a few seconds. Would like to know what's going through her head! Does she wonder why they don't move, or if she'll end up like that?!?!
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Post by Hardcorehunter on Feb 16, 2007 20:50:10 GMT -5
I read that people use a device that 'launches' the antler threw the air. Dogs retrieve it like it was an animal or tennis ball. After training like this they will sniff out and stand at point on an antler, like it was a bird, expecting it to be launched.
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