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Hey guys, I have a question wuts ur best method on teaching a young dog 2 take tracks? Also wut age should I start?

younghoundsmen,

Mike Leonard probably has the best post on that subject. A detailed answer is way to long for me to type one here, especially when its already on here somewhere, and a short answer wouldn't be helpful, just do a search of all Mike's posts. I think it was about 2 months ago that he went into quite a bit of detail on that subject. As to when to start, that also is addressed, but it has an easy short answer, about 4 to 6 weeks old.

If you have trouble finding it, send Mike a pm and he will tell you what thread it is on.

Good Luck

Bill

Thanks for the help, ill try 2 find it

I searched and i could not find it...

I'll try to find it and post a link, might take me a day or two to find it.

Bill

Here is the link;

http://biggamehoundsmen.com/CatTraining1.html

That article is about training a cat hound, but the same principles will work for hogs.

A lot of people don't go to that much trouble for hog dogs because hogs leave so much more scent. If you hunt an area with good hog populations and have well bred dogs, just getting your dog fired up on a penned hog and then taking them to the woods will generally work, but you asked about scent trail training, and in my opinion, here is the best answer I've seen.

Good luck

Bill

Well there is a few hogs but not an abudant amount of hogs. U just need a dog that u can put on a track 2 find. I have some younger hounds that are becoming great pack dogs and will lay with a hog. Im just trying 2 make some of these younger dogs into good strike dogs now. Thanx for the help man.

well broncobilly, you should probably do some research on scent left by animals. and if you do you will realize that a hog leaves behind less scent than a deer or bear because they do not have scent glands or fur. yeah they smell bad but as far as leaving scent in a track it takes an exceptional hound to take a eight to ten hour hog track

Well Brinkdog, you should probably learn to read, or at least you should take the trouble to actually read my post before you post that I don't know anything. In the sentence before I said that hogs leave more scent I referenced cats and hogs. I didn't add the words "than cats" to the end of the sentence about hogs leaving more scent because it never occurred to me that anyone with even a rudimentary understanding of the english language would suppose I was comparing hogs to deer and bear when I had only mentioned cats and hogs in that post.

Bill

Brink,

Well, I'm sorry too. If to you a below average hound would be described as well bred then I guess I can see where your confusion comes from. To me a well bred dog is one with above average potential. I realize that not every dog lives up to its potential, that is why I put the plural on dogs.

ChazK,

If I had made that statement in a vacum, I could understand your interpretation, however, I did not make that statement in a vacum, I made it in a post in which I referenced, and included a link to, training a cat hound. Why you would think I was talking about deer and bear when I specifically mentioned cats and hogs is beyond my ability to imagine.

Everyone else,

I am finished trying to make myself understood with this keyboard.

Good luck and good hunting.

Bill

A bobcat leaves about the least scent of any animal that is chased with hounds in North America, and like Brinkdog said, hogs dont have the scent glands like a deer or a bear, and to most peoples surprise, hogs are the second hardest track to follow , once the trail has grown a few hours old.