No problems so far, she has got me close to deer I would have walked past otherwise, or given me a heads up earlier than if it was just me.
Watch Avidhunter on YouTube he has a few vids of bow hunting with his Vizslas.
Training for bow hunting is really no different to training for bush stalking with a rifle.
right..so stop dog...THEN recall....if goes to move off, STOP again...its your get out of jail card...USE IT. same with range,stop him till you catch up,then nudge him onwards.Meg plays this as a game...she will go 10 yards,stop,look at me,walk forward,stop look again over n over again...its like she egging me on telling me she KNOWS how far is ok....bit harder when on hot scent and VERY hard when deer are moving,making noise.....
the first rule...the last rule..the most important rule...ALWAYS trust the dog...ALWAYS go and see what dog wants to show you ALWAYS.... if its not what you are after.a firm "leave it" and carry on....
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The training might not be, but there is a significant difference in shooting an animal on alert with a bow compared with a rifle.
Where a well place rifle shot will lead to a very short distance before an animal that was on alert drops, the same animal shot with an arrow might run twice as far. Since you have a dog , in either case is does not matter too much since the tracking will be done by the dog.
The problem is that an animal on high alert can dodge an arrow but not a bullet. In the best case the arrow misses completely, in the worse case it is a gut shot wound which can lead to hours before the animal dies. Andin quite a few videos you can see that the deer being indicated is already looking toward the dog or the hunter or both before being shot. Ok with a rifle, not ideal with a bow. So if you go with a bow, pick your shots.
That's something else that I'm wondering that you've brought up: is it worth while using a dog whilst hunting with a bow? I know the act of the dog tracking an animal is exactly the same whether you're carrying a rifle or a bow but does the dog make it harder due the range differences between the rifle and the bow?
270 is a harmonic divisor number[1]
270 is the fourth number that is divisible by its average integer divisor[2]
270 is a practical number, by the second definition
The sum of the coprime counts for the first 29 integers is 270
270 is a sparsely totient number, the largest integer with 72 as its totient
Given 6 elements, there are 270 square permutations[3]
10! has 270 divisors
270 is the smallest positive integer that has divisors ending by digits 1, 2, …, 9.
How do you find it with a Mrs and kids? I've got a Mrs and I'm a farther of 3, so there's plenty of distractions in my house. Plus, as you mentioned, plenty of people who will not be treating the dog the way the system teaches you to. Have you found the Mrs and kids interacting with dog in a way that differs from the system to be detrimental to getting the dog through the program and is it worth using this system when you have others in the house with the dog?
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