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Younghoundsmen · Post by **Younghoundsmen** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 12:01 am

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

broncobilly · Post by **broncobilly** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:23 am

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

Younghoundsmen · Post by **Younghoundsmen** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:54 am

Thanks for the help, ill try 2 find it

broncobilly · Post by **broncobilly** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 10:27 pm

If you don't find it, post back on here.

Bill

ChazK · Post by **ChazK** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 2:51 am

I searched a bit, didn't come across the topic.

Younghoundsmen · Post by **Younghoundsmen** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:38 am

I searched and i could not find it...

broncobilly · Post by **broncobilly** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 6:54 pm

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

Bill

broncobilly · Post by **broncobilly** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 12:38 am

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

Younghoundsmen · Post by **Younghoundsmen** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 3:15 pm

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.

Brinkdog · Post by **Brinkdog** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 4:02 pm

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

broncobilly · Post by **broncobilly** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 11:01 pm

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

Brinkdog · Post by **Brinkdog** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:05 pm

well im sorry, but in that post it just sounded like you were pretty much saying that any below average dog can take hog tracks and thats the idea that youndhoundsman got to

ChazK · Post by **ChazK** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 3:50 pm

I got the same impressiong brink did. You said "A lot of people don't go to that much trouble for hog dogs because hogs leave so much more scent." I mean what would you get from that?

broncobilly · Post by **broncobilly** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:14 pm

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

DWD58 · Post by **DWD58** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:50 pm

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.

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