Training deer hounds

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moose1987

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Hey everyone. Just like the title says, I am wondering how all you Ontario houndsman train your pups to run deer. Unfortunately two of our hounds past away a couple of weeks ago so we are left with no hounds. I said I would take in the task of the new dogger because all of our guys are getting old. I am thinking of getting 2 beagles pervably 2 brothers. And just wondering how you guys start them off. TIA.

Moose
 
Wow! That's different! In Manitoba its " Dogs may not be used for any purpose connected to big game hunting".
 
Beagles are a great choice I prefer females. If you get beagles from good hunting stock most will run deer on their own. It's just a matter of getting him in the bush and on Fresh Trail.
 
450yukon said:
Wow! That's different! In Manitoba its " Dogs may not be used for any purpose connected to big game hunting".
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I am with you on this one, this sounds a lot like harassment of wild life, having a pack of dogs chasing down a deer.
 
Everyone should try it once. Deer camp with hounds is Ontario tradition that dates back hundreds of years. This us very big woods hunting. The dogs get in a hot track and run it. The deer stay ahead if the hounds giving guys on a watch a chance for a shot. It is not all games as the deer win most rounds. But it sure is a exciting way to hunt
 
If someone does not agree with this start a new thread on how you don’t agree with it and keep your comments to your self on this thread. Totally legal here in Ontario. Thanks

Moose
 
I've seen plenty of coon hounds that pick it up naturally. Hard to get them off of it when get a taste for it so I don't imagine it would be difficult to get one started intentionally. Just bust up some deer and send the pup in on the hot track, if he has hunt in him like any beagle I've ever met, he'll run it.
Do deer hounds trash? If so....on what?
 
The big bucks will turn on and fight the dogs or swim out into a swamp and lose them. Mostly does and young bucks taken this way from what my Grandpa used to tell me.Beagles were preferred as the big hounds ,if you missed were gone for the season chasing the deer and the beagles would return after a 14\/4 mile or so.Harold
 
kkahmann said:
You train a Lab--you hunt a hound
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Pretty easy to find a yote hound or coonhound or beagle that won't be broke off deer and are usually free.

Beagles are smaller thus less food to feed in the off season and easier to handle.

Yote hounsd IMO run a deer too hard.

If your looking at a coonhound, stay away from the heavy dogs, fast games hard on their feet and joints, you'll wreck them early.

Right now I don't have any trashy hounds but I'd have no problem giving someone a deer runner when I can't break them.
 
To start hounds just take them hunting in areas with the choosen game animal. Its instinctive they figure out the plan quick. Now how each one of them trails is a different matter. But to start em....take em. They were born to chase game and they are way better hunters than you or I could ever think of being. Beagles make great deer hounds they just bump the deer along... running walkers on the other hand push em hard... enjoy the hound hunting it's a fantastic tradition and geat way to hunt deer in the north.
 
257Roberts said:
moose1987
Contact 88man he is your guy.

David
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cdn1canhunt said:
To start hounds just take them hunting in areas with the choosen game animal. Its instinctive they figure out the plan quick. Now how each one of them trails is a different matter. But to start em....take em. They were born to chase game and they are way better hunters than you or I could ever think of being. Beagles make great deer hounds they just bump the deer along... running walkers on the other hand push em hard... enjoy the hound hunting it's a fantastic tradition and geat way to hunt deer in the north.
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We got a female (beagle/walker cross?) from 88man about 9 years ago and she's a deer and rabbit hunting machine that required zero training. His dogs are bred to hunt. She's so great that it almost seems like a waste having her as a family dog who hunts here and there instead of being a dedicated hunting dog. Even if she see's the animal running away, she'll still have her nose to the ground following it's trail at a steady pace. The tone of her sick/injured sounding baying indicates how fresh the trail is.
 
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