Thread: new to hunting dogs

I’m no professional but I am very happy with how my dog is turning out and I’ve just been feeling my way with him. The dog needs to learn to determine the difference between finding a live and a shot deer and it will only come with experience and practice. We live in a pretty target rich environment but Bo seems to have learned to put it all together and a find followed by a shot means we are off to find the shot animal and to ignore any other scents.
I’m sure if you just keep the dog focussed, give plenty of praise when you arrive to a shot animal and get a few under your belt the dog will click.