Thread: Hunting With Hearing Aids

Well here is a true story about external hearing aids and me and my dogs.
Now these hearing aids were supplied by ACC and at the time ten years ago they were worth $6000. I was hunting the sth of Clements rd and accessed thru some very tight regen beech / manuka. About half an hour before dark I returned to my vehicle and reached to remove my hearing aids. Ooops, they are not attached any more! Cripes, what to do? I had no idea when or where I had lost them and not much time before dark. They were not insured either.
Both my GWP dogs had been trained in tracking on command, but I was on the point of giving up thoughts of attempting to find these tiny objects in very shitty bush; when I thought to myself; gee, if my Mrs had dropped a $6000 ring in there, would I not at least make an attempt?
Well, my GWP's and I went back to our original entry point( me armed with a torch as well) and I gave the instruction "find". The dogs led me quite a long way following our earlier route through this tight scrub. At almost dark they both stopped at a windblown treetrunk that we had previously climbed over by me straddling it sideways. I shone the torch and right in amongst the moss and leaves on top of that tree trunk was a single hearing aid. I eventually found the other a couple of feet away on the far side on the ground amongst moss twigs and the usual forest floor debris. I could barely believe my good fortune and my good dogs amazing work. Will never forget that nor ever underestimate the capabilities of those great mates. ( both gone now).
This story is absolutely true.