Message #233297

[BobbyB]

Just to add to the fray here, I used to help a friend on his bowhunting operation that had an old beagle gyp he used for trailing. I have seen her find deer shot 16-20 hours earlier and trail thru herds of live deer doing it.

Growing up, we had several dogs around the farm that followed the tractor and shredder to the pasture every time it went out. One morning Sonny said they all stood on their head when they passed by a spot I had shot a deer 3 days before.

But the 16 hour old track story has to be taken with a grain of salt just because as mentioned before, how do you know it was 16 hours old ?

And while running a bowhunting operation South of Sabinal, I know some hogs would come to a feeder and eat, go water and bed down and never travel over maybe 300 yards in a circle. Blade will work a trail for 15-20 minutes before looking for something a little hotter. In a situation like I just described, I would bet a pallet of your favorite dog feed he would find that hog. Is that truly a 16 hour old track? I guess technically , yeah, but with the hog still in winding distance, what time he made that trail is not that big a deal.

A story can be told however you want to tell it. Leave out parts to make it seem more difficult or leave out the tough stuff to make it seem easy. Outfitters do it all the time. I did it when I was outfitting. Its not really lieing, just telling the parts of the story you want to ease the clients mind or give him high hopes.