Trashbreaking a hound off of deer - tips needed

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I am looking for tips on how to get a young beagle off of deer, he runs rabbits well but deer do get in the way and he will run them for many miles..

Any tips from those with experience would be much appreciated.

Thank you
 
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Take you pup for a drive, when you see deer let him out after they are out of sight, have his e-collar set to "stun". When he picks up the track let him have it, but completely ignore him so he doesn't equate you with the lifter he just got. Repeat regularly until he ignores the deer tracks.
 
what thinking said is good,we used to keep a couple goats covered with deer scent with the pups growing up so they would start to ignore them and light the pups up with the collar if they chased them......
 
E collar eh? Bet the missus would kill me if she knew I used that. But then I don't have beagles anymore. Mine would run anything,and I mean anything that would run from them, rabbits, deer, moose, bears, even coons.
I would have used it to eliminate rabbits though, deer is what they hunted for me.
I found that they would run rabbits only if there were no hot deer tracks. Even they preferred deer.
 
E collar for sure. Where it on him a lot even when at home but not turned on. And every time you take him out whether you use it or not. This way, he doesn't know the collar is bad and will think, when the time comes that the unpleasant feeling comes when he decides to chase off game. He will think it is because of the deer not the collar. You have to use your head when using e collars. Don't over use when angry as hounds/beagles can be frustrating. As well, use them on one problem at a time or the dog will become confused. They can and are a great tool in training hounds. Just my two cents.
 
If you have any deer parts, my brother has used them to good advantage. He has used the femer/hoof,,,,calls the dog over, and lets the dog adjust for a minute as it sniffs the part. Nothing is said at that moment as the dog has just obeyed his command. When the dog becomes increasingly excited and fixated on the part, he'll give him a firm NO!, and gently smack the dog with the deer part.

This is repeated over time-say every other day, until the dog no longer takes interest in the deer part/scent. It has worked quite well and all our beagles are deer free...only rabbits and birds!
 
John Wick came up with a foolproof system involving an electric fence shocker and a wire box. It is difficult to build and operate but it does work. It is still used by some handlers training high-end coon hounds in the states.
The e-collar is the way to go for most of us but bear in mind some dogs can't be broke.
 
The best way to stop them is to shoot them. I grew up on beagles and deer coyotes and jack rabbits were hell. 5 beagles. I'd run them down 1 by 1 as the trucks would circle the blocks watching for them crossing fields. I've tried the e collars and it won't fiz a beagle doing what he loves to do.

I got smart n got a basset hound. No more deer and he tops out at 21km/hour. Mind u when he gets a hot bunny scent I got time to go back grab a 6 pack and load a box of shells but for stumpiles and fence rows there's no beating a basset hound
 
One of my dad's neighbours used to put his coyote hounds in a 45 gallon drum with a rag covered in deer scent. Roll it up and down the laneway a couple times, and the dog won't go near a deer after that ride...:D
 
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If you have any deer parts, my brother has used them to good advantage. He has used the femer/hoof,,,,calls the dog over, and lets the dog adjust for a minute as it sniffs the part. Nothing is said at that moment as the dog has just obeyed his command. When the dog becomes increasingly excited and fixated on the part, he'll give him a firm NO!, and gently smack the dog with the deer part.

This is repeated over time-say every other day, until the dog no longer takes interest in the deer part/scent. It has worked quite well and all our beagles are deer free...only rabbits and birds!
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This is how we did it. All 3 of my beagles are cured of chasing deer. Its not that hard, it just takes time and they can be stubborn.
 
Train it to the whistle.
Both my beagles break chase when whistled back. It does take a few whistles to get through but it does.
They also turn to see if it's ok to go out of sight when not hot on a trail.
Don't buy in to the 'beagles are dumb and untrainable' thinking.
They aren't the brightest but train up just fine
 
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