Dog Lost On A Hunt?

[gun sane]

Here's a method that may help reunite you with a dog lost in the deep woods.  I can't say it works for certain, as I don't have a dog in this hunt.

 

http://www.reshareworthy.com/how-to-find-a-lost-dog/

[Two Dogs]

I have used this method before. It has always worked.

[Monkeyman2500]

Well that's a good tip.

[peejman]

Good tip. 

 

It'd be better if the dogs didn't get lost in the first place.  A friend lives adjacent to a WMA.  During bear season he typically ends up with an extra hunting dog or two.  The dogs have killed his cats, tried to attack his dog through the chain-link kennel, and generally tear up stuff. 

Edited January 21, 2014 by peejman

[Spots]

[quote name="peejman" post="1098765" timestamp="1390326100"]Good tip. It'd be better if the dogs didn't get lost in the first place. A friend lives adjacent to a WMA. During bear season he typically ends up with an extra hunting dog or two. The dogs have killed his cats, tried to attack his dog through the chain-link kennel, and generally tear up stuff. [/quote] No hunter wants to lose a dog. You invest time, money and love into training a dog, the last thing you want is to lose him one night. But it happens. Ive had a dog go in a hole after a coon where I couldn't hear him and had to leave him, or sometimes they just get after a coon and it leaves the country and they go with it. A lot of guys, myself included, use GPS tracking systems now to minimize the risk, but you can only eo so much. The above is a good tip, I'll keep it in mind. Tapatalk ate my spelling.

[Caster]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TFHs7AyBA20

[bersaguy]

A friend and I grew up hunting rabbits with beagle hounds. I had one and he had one and we would hunt with both dogs. There we many times my dog would get lost because John Henry was a slow tracker while my buddies dog was faster but would lose the trails many times due to his speed and he would over run them or hole the rabbit. John on the hand tracked much slower and seldom ever lost a scent trail and his range would be much farther out. If he didn't return by dark and was out of range for me to hear him I would take off a few pieces of clothing such as cotton long sleeved shirt and maybe even socks and leave them by a tree. I would blow my whistle several times and the we would load up his dog and go home. Every time I went back the following morning John would be sleeping on my shirt and other clothing I left for him. Had John 15 years before he passed away. Was the best beagle I ever had for hunting in my life..........JMHO