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« on: June 14, 2012, 08:34:51 am » |
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Just wondering how many of yall have or have heard of antler hunting dogs. A guy I work with recently bought a puppy to train for this. And it got me to thinkin. Was wondering if yall had ever had any dealings with this type dog.
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Peachcreek
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« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2012, 09:45:12 am » |
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I had a guy buy a hooley pup from me a while back for finding sheds the guy was from south carolina. He called a few months ago and said the dog is doing awesome at finding them. He said they have competitions somewhere for finding sheds?? I wonder what a shed dog trashes on...
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« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2012, 09:47:08 am » |
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I had a guy buy a hooley pup from me a while back for finding sheds the guy was from south carolina. He called a few months ago and said the dog is doing awesome at finding them. He said they have competitions somewhere for finding sheds?? I wonder what a shed dog trashes on...
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T-Bob Parker
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« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2012, 10:33:05 am » |
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A lot of bird dog guys are starting to do this shed hunting too. It's incredible that a shed that's been laying in the woods for months even has a scent but apparently it does.
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« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2012, 10:37:12 am » |
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That was my thoughts. What exactly is the dog smelling for or is it alot of sight hunting as well? Heck if they can smell a shed weeks even months old why can't my dog take a day old track, besides that they suck  |
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Mike C.
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« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2012, 11:20:14 am » |
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When I was guiding on the King Ranch there was an intern from a school in Illinois that took a young Lab pup and started workin him on sheds. I personally thought he was waitin his time but by them time he left back home I have to say the dog was finding sheds on a regular basis.
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bigo
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« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2012, 11:53:43 am » |
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The antlers my dogs find are attached to the deer doing a Hank Snow and moving on.
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« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2012, 11:56:07 am » |
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I have a buddy that uses a lab for it.......literally all he ever did to train the dog to get em was continually played fetch with an antler and allways had an antler around for her to play with.....she has found quite a few.
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« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2012, 03:59:18 pm » |
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do they bay the big ones?
nah, i know a few guys that do that, i haven't kept up with shed prices, but at one time good fresh sheds were bringing upwards of six dollars a pound. that was a few years ago, don't know what the market is now. the guys i know of all use labs. antlers smell like antlers for a long time. when you put a grinder to them you can smell it burning, even on the real old sheds. the dogs just walk along till they wind one, then go pick it up.
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