wildlands

Wis bow hunter The law was changed a few years ago in Wis. You are allowed to use dogs now. Check out UBT's web site for find a tracker. You will find a couple of people listed for Wis.

vtdeertracker

Great reply Ken and you hit it on the nose. Sorry about the benoit comments, itsjust they make my blood boil.!!! Here in Vermont we are not allowed to carge at all!!! We can except donations if offered but when someone asks " What do I owe you?" All we can say is...."we dont charged anything buit donations are excepted"! Most of the time people are more than happy to donate but we also get the ones tyhat say we will mail it to you and never see anything! Dont get me wrong...I dont do it for the money but damn.....midnight in a swamp somewhere is no fun!!
Its also funny to see how many hunters say they shot a "monster" and turns out to be a lil"dink"...lol Been there a few times.

vtdeertracker

I also know alot about deer search and deceided I didnt want to get involved. Cant see he point of keeping track of all your donations and mileage and sending it all in at the end of the year just too get some back later on........But if you are real familiar with deer search...the guy who got me into tracking is a member and has won the trophy for "most tracks taken" the last few years....He is from Granville NY! Good buddy of mine!

That was another thing...I didnt see tracking as a compition for a measly trophy.....alot of deer went unfound because of that!

BuckHunter92

tracking dogs are cool

bryant1

As a deer-dog hunter, I can attest to you it is fairly easy to take a cold-nosed trail dog and make him into a tracking dog. I have one dog myself that will track, but the problem you run into with these type of dogs (walker/beagle mix) is they were originally taught to hunt by the normal deer scent, and not the smell of a wounded animal (blood). i have seen two dogs that weretaughtto betracking dogs,( both chocolate labs) one of which has found 10-15 deer a year for 4 years now.

Now that is a relieving sight to see the dog track the deer for hundreds of yards without anybloodtrail and walk uptothe deer and start whimpering. That dog is worth his weight in gold!!

vtdeertracker

no.....not all dogs can track deer.......some its easier than others but you still have to train them to follow the injured deer.! Its not all about the blood either...what happens when they run out of blood? They have to be taught to track the smell of the wounded deer not the blood from that deer but his oder he omits from his feet. every deer has their own smell so the dog has to put the smell of that deer and blood together and when the blood runs out....its the odor he goes by!

bryant1

That is what I meant, the dog doesn't trail a deer
like a normal deer-running dog. He tracks thewounded deer scent, or hewould trail the freshestscent, usually.