cold tracks and cold trailing

[Cinder]

how old would a track have to be to be considered a cold track? And how old of a track would a dog have to take to be considered a start dog and or a cold nosed dog?

[Idaho]

That depends on who you're talking too... Everyone has a different oppinion on what a cold nosed dog is.

[Cinder]

whats your opinion i would think the track would have to be like 8 hours old to be cold would that be a cold nosed dog

[Lonewolf]

To many factor's goes into a track weather, Temp., wind, type of veg. your running in. A track on a hot day with little to no shade on the south slope could be considered old after an hour or so. A track on the north side of the moutain with lots of shade and under growth can hold scent for hours. So each day could be different.

[Cinder]

so u never really know how your dog wil respond to a track

[BlacktailStalker]

so u never really know how your dog wil respond to a track

until he sticks his nose in it... or walks over it

[pegleg]

different soils and even different rocks hold scent differently. I'd say if your hound is striking feeding bear tracks that it takes more then two hours to jump at a good pace your doin ok. rember that after you jump him you still have to bay or tree it. and a feeding bear can stay in one area or move in and out quit a distance depending on the number and size of bear and the amount of feed in the area.

[wiblueboy]

To many factor's goes into a track weather, Temp., wind, type of veg. your running in. A track on a hot day with little to no shade on the south slope could be considered old after an hour or so. A track on the north side of the moutain with lots of shade and under growth can hold scent for hours. So each day could be different.

Well put. I have to agree, weather, tempand humidity are the main 3 when it comes to tracking

[Cinder]

well we run off of baits so depending on when we bait the oldest track would be 12 hours and anything in between so if your dog is starting it and jumping the bear the bear it could be 12 hours old or less if he or she does that is that not to bad

[Nolte]

Here is my definintive answer "It Depends".

There really isn't a great gauge to figure this out. The best way is to put down Dog A then Dog B down on the track. If Dog B does the work and gets it going while Dog A couldn't figure it out, then Dog B is colder.

A good cold nosed dog will jump nearly every track in training season if you give it time and space. Now in kill season a cold nosed should jump the majority of tracks, but your percentages will go down in comparison to training season.

If you got a dog that will jump every over night track in kill season, I've got some tracks to try and money in my pocket. It might not be a lot of money, but I'll surely offer what I've got if the dog can do it.

[Cinder]

that sounds like one way to find out. i really enjoy all the responces keep them coming its nice to here what everybodys thoughts are. we used 2 dogs for are start dogs all training season and kill season they both seemed to get the job done.

[Cinder]

im starting to think the more u put that go to dog down to start the better u make that dog at trailing even colding trailing but they still need a little bit of a nose

[wac and stack]

dogs with a good nose, will most often try, to cold trail. but a dog that will cold trail a bear and get him jumped needs a lot more than just a nose. I like to hunt on my horse and on foot as much as I can that way you can see Which dogs are going to cold trail. I also like to hunt the dogs on the rig but most often they don't learn to cold trail from the truck, and they don't learn to cold trail with a dog out front making some noise. I like to give all my dogs the chance to start a track so i can see what i have....

[Cinder]

makes alot of sence at least u know whos doing what i put down the dog i know that will start and then feed in once he starts opening good and going with the track