poll on rigging
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coastrangecathunting
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poll on rigging
what do u think.
Re: poll on rigging
I would say in certain conditions
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Grzyadms4x4
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Re: poll on rigging
Agreed, in certain conditions it's doable, but AZ desert, better be a hot track on a cool day, whenever those are.
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The world according to a dog's nose
Article #1984
by Ned Rozell
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This column is provided as a public service by the Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, in cooperation with the UAF research community. Ned Rozell is a science writer at the institute.
This column first appeared in 1998.
A dog can tell you a lot about the outdoors. When a Lab vacuums the ground with her nose and her tail moves like a helicopter blade, you know a grouse is about to fly. When the dog stops like a dragonfly, then runs off sniffing an invisible path, a snowshoe hare has crossed your trail.
All this entertainment is courtesy of that most sensitive appendage, a dog’s nose. It’s an instrument man has not been able to duplicate. Search-and-rescue groups use dogs to find lost people, dead people, and people buried under earth and snow. Dogs have also been used to find seals on ice, gas leaks and the presence of gypsy moth egg sacks.
Lurking behind those textured, damp nostrils are sensitive membranes that allow a dog to distinguish smells—molecules of odor that emanate from every living or once-living thing—at least one thousand times better than humans. A dog processes odoriferous molecules more readily because a dog has a much larger set of scent membranes within its nose, explained Robert Burton in his book, The Language of Smell. While humans have a pair of these “olfactory receptors,” each is about the size of a postage stamp in our noses. Dogs’ receptors can be as large as a handkerchief, depending on how big the dog is.
Dogs’ noses work much the way ours do: We inhale molecules of odor, which then dissolve in mucus. The dissolved odors are picked up by the olfactory receptors, located behind the spot where sunglasses rest on the nose. An organ called the olfactory bulb shunts the chemical messages straight to the part of the brain that deals with stored feelings and memories, bypassing the cerebral cortex, the main part of the brain. This short-circuit is one reason smells trigger strong emotions and memories that may have lain dormant for years.
With its larger olfactory membranes, a dog’s nose does amazing things. Researchers at Duke University found that a randomly selected fox terrier could after three weeks detect the scent of a fingerprint on a glass slide when compared to four clean slides. When the researchers placed the slides outside in the rain and dust, the dog was still able to pick out the slide with the fingerprint after 24 hours of weathering.
Dogs have fantastic tracking ability because humans leave a pretty good scent trail. Most researchers think the scent trails consists of “rafts,” tiny bits of skin cells that have an odor when mixed with sweat and fed upon by bacteria. Because the human body sheds about 50 million cells each minute, rafts fall from the body like a shower of confetti. Dogs quickly detect these rafts, as well as other scents that may not be apparent to the producer, including breath and sweat vapor. Each person’s scent trail is unique, and dogs are remarkably good at separating one person’s trail from another’s.
In an experiment performed a century ago, G. J. Romanes lined up 11 men behind him. He started walking, with each man walking precisely in his footsteps. After they walked 200 yards, the men dispersed, with five going to the right, six to the left. All the men hid. Another person released Romanes’ dog, which found Romanes almost instantly after hesitating slightly where the men separated.
Seventy years after Romanes’ study, H. Kalmus performed a similar test using identical twins. The twins must have had quite similar scents, Kalmus reported: “if the dog was given the scent of one twin, it would happily follow the other.” When both twins were used in the experiment, however, the dog was able to pick one from the other. What a great tool a dog’s nose is—it rarely malfunctions, and the body it’s attached to is always happy to see you.
One of the most sensitive olfactory instruments on the planet—a dog.
Photo by Ned Rozell.
Article #1984
by Ned Rozell
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This column is provided as a public service by the Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, in cooperation with the UAF research community. Ned Rozell is a science writer at the institute.
This column first appeared in 1998.
A dog can tell you a lot about the outdoors. When a Lab vacuums the ground with her nose and her tail moves like a helicopter blade, you know a grouse is about to fly. When the dog stops like a dragonfly, then runs off sniffing an invisible path, a snowshoe hare has crossed your trail.
All this entertainment is courtesy of that most sensitive appendage, a dog’s nose. It’s an instrument man has not been able to duplicate. Search-and-rescue groups use dogs to find lost people, dead people, and people buried under earth and snow. Dogs have also been used to find seals on ice, gas leaks and the presence of gypsy moth egg sacks.
Lurking behind those textured, damp nostrils are sensitive membranes that allow a dog to distinguish smells—molecules of odor that emanate from every living or once-living thing—at least one thousand times better than humans. A dog processes odoriferous molecules more readily because a dog has a much larger set of scent membranes within its nose, explained Robert Burton in his book, The Language of Smell. While humans have a pair of these “olfactory receptors,” each is about the size of a postage stamp in our noses. Dogs’ receptors can be as large as a handkerchief, depending on how big the dog is.
Dogs’ noses work much the way ours do: We inhale molecules of odor, which then dissolve in mucus. The dissolved odors are picked up by the olfactory receptors, located behind the spot where sunglasses rest on the nose. An organ called the olfactory bulb shunts the chemical messages straight to the part of the brain that deals with stored feelings and memories, bypassing the cerebral cortex, the main part of the brain. This short-circuit is one reason smells trigger strong emotions and memories that may have lain dormant for years.
With its larger olfactory membranes, a dog’s nose does amazing things. Researchers at Duke University found that a randomly selected fox terrier could after three weeks detect the scent of a fingerprint on a glass slide when compared to four clean slides. When the researchers placed the slides outside in the rain and dust, the dog was still able to pick out the slide with the fingerprint after 24 hours of weathering.
Dogs have fantastic tracking ability because humans leave a pretty good scent trail. Most researchers think the scent trails consists of “rafts,” tiny bits of skin cells that have an odor when mixed with sweat and fed upon by bacteria. Because the human body sheds about 50 million cells each minute, rafts fall from the body like a shower of confetti. Dogs quickly detect these rafts, as well as other scents that may not be apparent to the producer, including breath and sweat vapor. Each person’s scent trail is unique, and dogs are remarkably good at separating one person’s trail from another’s.
In an experiment performed a century ago, G. J. Romanes lined up 11 men behind him. He started walking, with each man walking precisely in his footsteps. After they walked 200 yards, the men dispersed, with five going to the right, six to the left. All the men hid. Another person released Romanes’ dog, which found Romanes almost instantly after hesitating slightly where the men separated.
Seventy years after Romanes’ study, H. Kalmus performed a similar test using identical twins. The twins must have had quite similar scents, Kalmus reported: “if the dog was given the scent of one twin, it would happily follow the other.” When both twins were used in the experiment, however, the dog was able to pick one from the other. What a great tool a dog’s nose is—it rarely malfunctions, and the body it’s attached to is always happy to see you.
One of the most sensitive olfactory instruments on the planet—a dog.
Photo by Ned Rozell.
Re: poll on rigging
Rigging can be done anytime anywhere. Dogs need to be aware that they can do it. Some dogs are better than others. I feel it would be hard to train dogs in areas of few cats. They can rig in the summer time in the desert when they are unable to trail the track after they are put down. They can wind a track from over a 1\4 of a mile off. I have seen dogs rig bobcats consistently in Nevada and Oregon and California deserts in dry summer conditions. It can not be done if you don't believe it can and don't try. In some areas and stiles of hunting it is not practical to do. Hunt how you choose and what works for you. It amazes me how people can know when they don't know what they are talking about. Dewey
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twist
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I am by no meens am an authority on rigging heck I dont think my old pot lickers would rig cat track for nothin unless it was smokin hot but they can sure cold trail an old no moisture sub zero snowed in cat track. So I guess I would have to say they can rig but can they do it consistantly here in this area during season NO. Have I tried, yes in all conditions. I am in no way taking away from the guys on here that do it and they do it with great success in their areas. I have heard many say it can be done here in my part of the state but have sure never seen it first hand. So what I am saying is yes it can be done here on the right day and right condition but that is very very few and far between on days like that during our season. I caught one here awhile back roading the dogs on a dry day but it was a smoking hot track that must have just crossed a few minutes ahead of us, so does that make my dogs dry ground cat dogs to me no just real lucky! A guy would go broke running around trying to get a track going by rigging in this area.. Again my place is always open for anyone wanting to come hunt as I am free all the time to hunt. Season is open and its dry and windy. So all I get done is conditions the hounds until it snows. jmo. Andy
The home of TOPPER AGAIN bred biggame hounds.
Re: poll on rigging
I guess maybe some lines of dogs just aren't bred to rig. Just a thought?
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floridacathunter
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Re: poll on rigging
Works in my world, don't know about others. I'll hush now