Tx.biologist
Hog Dog Pup
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« on: August 02, 2013, 08:21:28 am » |
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I've hunted the ranch for 4 years 3x a week and good dogs with training will not trash on deer. I have not seen any movement difference on deer patterns all year long. The ranch is commercially hunted and all I dop is not run dogs 2-3 days before hunters arrive. I have spent my career studying deer and more disturbance is happening when they are actually hunting deer. I have had the owners family out while i have been hogging and they seen how my dogs work, and they see my dogs run right by deer and the deer stand there. Axis deer are more wary of human disturbance and hunting pressure than any other animal and the ranch has been more than successful in getting clients on trophies. As i said before actually hunting the deer is more disturbing than hog hunting. The deer know when they are hunted, you can see the interaction when you enter the field and go to blinds. A little shooting at deer changes the whole dynamic. my landowner is very happy with my control of feral hogs. He encourages me to kill more and hunt more often, he can see the benefit of not seeing the damage and not seeing the hogs when they hunt. Best of all hogs are not disrupting the hunt for the clients. I kill 40-60 hogs a year off this place and barely keep them under control.
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