BlueCoyote 0 Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 i talked to a guy this morning, said he was training some pups this winter to track downed deer and would help me along with mine if i wanted to do the same. thats well and good. he's a nice man, avid deer hunter (even his 74 year old mother hunts with him) but i'd really like to stick to my plan of turning my pups into hog dogs..... or SOME kind of game hunting dog... his reply to that was that there's not many places to hunt with dogs except for the national forest, and that's two hours away... same distance as my dad's hunting club where i know they have hogs... so i'm a little put off right now... trying to figure out what to do next. i dont mind having them trained in tracking. thats always a good thing! but could they do both? downed game and work as catch dogs? or would that confuse them? i've heard of dogs that could hunt all sorts of things(my grandad hunted with a do-it-all airedell terrier) but it seems like most people will tell you dogs like that are rare or dont exist..... i'm just mad as hell right now because i finally get what i want and now i get people saying i wont be able to do anything with it and i feel like i'll just be settling for a lower standard than i set for myself. everyones opinion is "Two hours is a helluva long way to go hunting! it would be cheaper just to go BUY a hog" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mattydski 560 Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 Intresting question Blue... I would lke to know the answer myself. I have ideas of having a multi purpose dog my self in the future. One that can retrieve and track. I am a one dog man. My wife has another dog, which is cute. But I only want one dog, and need two roles. I stalk and rough shoot, and would love to give wildfowling a go. So a swimming, retireving and tracking dog would be the ideal... Nothing like setting yourself up for a failure on my part i fear. But be intresting to hear other peoples thoughts. I am also stuck in the rut of owning collies. I need to prize myself away from that bread on to something else, but i've always had collies, they make great companions. Matt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
csm 0 Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 if you dont think its worth traveling 2 hours to hunt your chosen quarry , you should take up wickleing matchsticks in the back yard shed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueCoyote 0 Posted September 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 the thing is, the quarry i want to hunt is all over the place where i live, not two hours away... try ten minutes! the problem is getting permission to run around on private property with dogs - i'm sure no one here knows what that would be like two hours away is several hundred acres of hunting club land on the river and i wouldnt need permission though i might get dirty looks if we hunted during deer season. or the national forest(where everyone hunts and you get the fun of being shot at accidentally!) damn what an adventure! the biggest benefit of talking with this man is he's offered to let me hunt deer on his land this season, so i'm walking on cloud nine right now now if i could just find someone who hunts boar with dogs in this area.... the only people i knew didnt return my phonecall so i gave up on them for help i also found out from this man that the hunting club that borders my property are a funny bunch of guys. they dont want you to take two steps onto their land at ANY time of the year. i've met a couple of the memebers and they seem like a bunch of weekend warriors down from the cities. it was one of those guys who yelled at my two uncles for target practicing on MY land! as far as dog training goes - with all the men and women in here who hunt with dogs there has to be someone who can answer the question of .. multipurpose hunting dogs. the closest thing i know would be German Pointers.. i would imagine if the dog is game enough and smart enough it would be willing to learn anything you tell it. but my concern with training my pups as game trackers AND boar dogs is... if i put them in the woods to find a blood trail, will they turn around and hare off after a hog scent instead? or would there be enough of a difference in the method to prevent that? and since being in this forum i am wanting to try them out on rabbits when they're older too. thats not really an animal that needs a scent hound except for maybe in dense brushy areas. but i've never hunted rabbits before and anyone i know that has hunted them used beagles. my bulldog bitch was talented enough in tracking and catching. i never got to hunt with her in the proper sense, but i know it wouldnt have taken much to get her going. all i had to do was point and say "go get it".. and off she would run and yes she would go get it, what ever it was! sadly these days she cant haul her broken carcass very far before she's winded..... and thats why i got the pups. i still have my old girl and always will have her, but i'm hoping like hell these little mutts will be as talented her. my family has always owned collies or shepherds, and i like them too but i have to say i prefer a bulldog now. they dont seem quite as nervous as a collie or shepherd. and if they shed you hardly notice it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
speedlamper 0 Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 is it my eyes or have you caught the ghost of a bowl in that pic Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueCoyote 0 Posted September 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 ah.. i think thats an upside down saucer you're looking at lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
speedlamper 0 Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 ah.. i think thats an upside down saucer you're looking at lol but why can you still see the bit thats under the door? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueCoyote 0 Posted September 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 (edited) ah.. i think thats an upside down saucer you're looking at lol but why can you still see the bit thats under the door? lmao!!! seriously?!?! i think thats a stain from having puppies in a confined area, a coincidence only. its not there anymore since i've cleaned it. ..... unless of course the flash from the camera threw a reflection... Edited September 2, 2008 by BlueCoyote Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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