Just shot a muntjac doe this morning at 06.00 from 150 yds off the short shooting sticks following the instructions on Varmint Al's website, they are super stable and quick.
The little devil never stopped walking so she got hit in the liver and in typical style ran straight into 6ft high brambles. Its hot today for UK at 27oC. To cut a long story short we looped round the ride and the dogs found the munty in about 2 minutes tucked up deep in the brambles dead as a door-nail. After a lot of bramble slashing we got her out as the flies started to appear. Anyway shes now in the fridge.
I can't see how anyone can hunt in the woods without access to a good dog. Perhaps I'm a poor shot but I still amazed at the number of guys I talk to who only get clean knock down shots or clean misses.
Heres a pic of the two stars


Happy hunting

Mark

Hi,

Great job done by the dogs. A good trackingdog is indispensible. Is the dog closest to the camera a Hanoverian Schweisshund (bloodhound)? Are they common in England?

Best regards / Karl

Hi Karl

She's a cross between a hannoverian and a bavarian bloodhound. They are not common here in the UK as there is no long standing culture (legal requirement)of following up all potentially wounded animals unlike Germany and Denmark.
My friend has just imported a fantastic new Hannoverian dog so numbers may expand in the UK shortly.

Hi It is great to hear about the dog work.I have a teckel and she is great.I agree with you that a good blood trailing dog is a real asset whilst stalking.

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Originally posted by KJL:
Hi,

Great job done by the dogs. A good trackingdog is indispensible. Is the dog closest to the camera a Hanoverian Schweisshund (bloodhound)? Are they common in England?

Best regards / Karl

Are they well known in Sweden? I have a young, now 4 month old hanoverian Schweißhund, he will left me in september for going to Sweden, because it is not allowed to import dogs to Sweden under 8 months, it is a question of rabies vaccination. But he is living here together with his father and his cousin, making now a lot of nonsense!!

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Originally posted by Monastery-Forester:
Are they well known in Sweden? I have a young, now 4 month old hanoverian Schweißhund, he will left me in september for going to Sweden, because it is not allowed to import dogs to Sweden under 8 months, it is a question of rabies vaccination. But he is living here together with his father and his cousin, making now a lot of nonsense!!

Tracking of wounded game with a hound is compulsory here in Sweden, but a variety of dogs are used for the purpose: dachshounds, dachsbrackens, beagles, labradors, retrievers, wachtelhounds, vorstehhounds, swedish and norwegian elk hounds(?) and indeed but rarely german bloodhounds.

Fritz

Hi

Like Fritz said the Schweisshund is not very common here, but I have friends that have bred and trained several champion Hanoverians. I like these dogs as they are very calm and elegant in my opinion, and of course expert trackers!

KJL, what is a champion hanoerian? I never heard about them!

Hi,

What I meant was a Hanoverian Schweisshund that has won blood tracking tests arranged by the Swedish Schweisshund association. Sorry if I did´nt express myself clearly..