Thread: Harley's First Hunt

Harley turns 1 next month. We have been following the deer dog blueprint since we got her. Today she had her first crack and I am over the moon.

I knocked off work an hour early and raced up to my local where I've heard deer numbers are low but there's the odd one around. Harley was an absolute star, doing everything she's been trained to do. Monitoring her own range, stopping when I stopped, super attentive and nose going in overdrive. We didn't have a lot of light so just a quick stalk through some quite open bush to watch the sun set from a clearing.

Harley did her bit perfectly and even tracked a stag on a ground scent before cutting his wind and taking me right in. Unfortunately he was down in a gut full of crap that I just couldn't get through with any degree of stealth, not sure but i reckon we were within 20m.

Came home empty handed but I couldn't be happier with the pooch. One proud dad.