Tips on breaking hounds off Deer

[pollypocket 231]

 Just wondering if any tried and tested methods to stop hounds hunting Deer..

I would give twice the Hunting ground if I could stop them..

[neil cooney 10,415]

Have you a whipper in or is it a gun pack ?

I was talking to a huntsman recently and talking about riot he remarked that the more you see it the easier it is to break them to it. When you think about it he makes sense.

[pollypocket 231]

No luxury of whipper in, guns or lurchers, I had contemplated using shock collar and take hounds lamping then shock when they open up on lamped deer, but cautious if it would affect dogs attitude to hunting fox.

 

[dogmandont 9,315]

2 hours ago, pollypocket said:

No luxury of whipper in, guns or lurchers, I had contemplated using shock collar and take hounds lamping then shock when they open up on lamped deer, but cautious if it would affect dogs attitude to hunting fox.

 

Get a couple of the lads that hunt with you to give you a had, it’s the least they can do if your getting them sport.

[Garyk067 22]

Skin a freshly shot deer drag it across a field and hang it on an eletric fence suppose to work

[DIDO.1 20,812]

Forget any silly methods using electric or lamps. 

There is only one way. 

A whipper in and exercise among deer regularly. Don't fck it up using old wives tales or they will be spoiled forever. 

[pollypocket 231]

9 hours ago, DIDO.1 said:

Forget any silly methods using electric or lamps. 

There is only one way. 

A whipper in and exercise among deer regularly. Don't fck it up using old wives tales or they will be spoiled forever. 

Sound advice,, thanks.

At least it's logical, same method I use when breaking them to sheep. 

[wilbur foxhound 480]

You would need to get in between the deer and the hounds,using dead deer won’t work as the scent from live animals and dead is different,but you won’t get a better chance than going in to a place where deer are,

[neil cooney 10,415]

In an ideal world the proper way to stop hounds on any riot is to let the deer or hare or whatever past you, give it some vocal encouragement to hurry on, this will stop the scent. It works the same way as a headed fox looses it's scent when turned for a short while. When the hounds come to where you headed the riot hounds will loose the line and lift their heads. That's when you correct them and tell them no.

Like I say, that's in an ideal world.

[Coyotehunter 689]

like its been suggested if you have a spare yard to put a couple of deer in then it does the hounds no harm to see them every day, but the best way is to go and look for deer and set them up, have a couple of lads on either quads or horses and anything that even looks like it wants to take off when they see deer then square em up and do it lots! the biggest mistake people make with hounds rioting on deer is they shy away from getting amongst them and go the other direction, get amongst them and let them see them, then you can chastise them in a controlled manner 

[delboy_187 900]

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Edited July 5, 2018 by delboy_187
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[forest of dean redneck 11,183]

On 10/05/2018 at 23:34, Garyk067 said:

Skin a freshly shot deer drag it across a field and hang it on an eletric fence suppose to work

Or beat the dog with the deer then tie it to its collar for 24 hours

 

[DigDeepIRL 17]

I know of a pack, which keep a goat,sheep and a deer in and around there kennels!

They hunt in massively populated deer country!They literally just walk into forest where others wouldn't dream of and hunt! Never have an issue!

I assume the hounds become so accustomed to the scent they don't recognize it with with hunting!

I know keeping a deer around a pack isnt really achievable for most but its being done!

[DIDO.1 20,812]

On 06/07/2018 at 10:42, DigDeepIRL said:

I know of a pack, which keep a goat,sheep and a deer in and around there kennels!

They hunt in massively populated deer country!They literally just walk into forest where others wouldn't dream of and hunt! Never have an issue!

I assume the hounds become so accustomed to the scent they don't recognize it with with hunting!

I know keeping a deer around a pack isnt really achievable for most but its being done!

Having a country that's full of deer isn't a problem. Its a country with an odd deer that's hard work. 

[forest of dean redneck 11,183]

3 minutes ago, DIDO.1 said:

Having a country that's full of deer isn't a problem. Its a country with an odd deer that's hard work. 

Unusual scents