Thread: Why I have a dog…

All of the above.

And to get back to @Tahr's original post, one of my previous pointers tracked a deer I wounded (shot it in the bum was facing away from me and pulled the shot, total cockup). Ran away, missed my mate said so we carried on but a nagging feeling I had hit it so went back to look.

Dog got a little interested and I found a single spec of blood on a leaf, and long story short 4 1/2 hours later she led me to a very mobile 3 legged deer and I finished the job.
She earnt her biscuits that night!!
Sadly old age caught up with my "baby girl" and she departed this life last year

And with the deer mentioned

Originally Posted by Barefoot

Also foot warmer and general furry hot water bottle in winter.

This is a true story. Back country hut.Hunter there with dog on bottom bunk. Loopies came in and started to roundly abuse hunter about dog in hut. Late at night. Pause in the ranting of the loopies. All you could hear was a round being chambered. Deadly quiet. Next you heard was sound of disappearing footsteps out the hut door. In the morning gentle smile on the dudes face. We were leaving with plenty of meat and just cracked up when we got far enough away from the hut.

Lol my mother bought a sign for me that says " the more people I meet, the more I like my dog" I have it hung over the front door

Originally Posted by Friwi

«The more time I spend with dogs, the less Time I want to spend with humans*»
Jerome Lebanner (kickboxing Legend)

Originally Posted by mikee

And to get back to @Tahr's original post, one of my previous pointers tracked a deer I wounded (shot it in the bum was facing away from me and pulled the shot, total cockup). Ran away, missed my mate said so we carried on but a nagging feeling I had hit it so went back to look.

Dog got a little interested and I found a single spec of blood on a leaf, and long story short 4 1/2 hours later she led me to a very mobile 3 legged deer and I finished the job.
She earnt her biscuits that night!!
Sadly old age caught up with my "baby girl" and she departed this life last year

And with the deer mentioned

Cool story. Thats some tracking.

Bella did a neat thing yesterday. I fluffed a standing shot at 100 yards and hit a fallow spiker through the third rib. The sound and sight picture gave me a sinking feeling. It was in quite thick messy bush. Bella quickly picked up the scent and I followed her up a ridge and then she ducked over the side and disappeared. Then some barks. Then she came back. I headed for where she had been barking and she disappeared ahead again. I heard one growl. After about 80 yards there she was laying quietly next to a very alive but immobile deer. I quickly dispatched it. She had tracked about 200 yards and I only saw one small bit of blood. Good Bella! She is 22 months.

What projectile is Bella using? LOL. Looks dead.

I think she scared it to death
Go Bella

I love her tiger stripes in that last pic. Might just be a trick of the light Or Tahr has sent her to the hairdresser to get highlights

As my dog, Izzie has now aged to where she has spent her last day on a hill with me -the question of Why have a dog? Really tugs at my heart strings.

I look at her as I grab the gear to go bush and she knows where I'm going and still gets excitited, but her old hips can't lift her from her bed like they use to but the brightness in her eys still says she is willing. I realise that like the poem "Just a dog". Thats all she is, a dog. But she has been the best friend, listener, hunting mate that I've ever had.



Just a dog

This was cool. Last evening.
Spiker was slowly moving through fairly thick scrub. 275 yard shot across a gully right on dark. I heard the hit and it bolted and dissapeared.
Got over there in the dark and couldn't find the land marks I had in mind, but eventually thought I was in the right area 'cos the dog was showing a bit of interest in some ground scent. So I put Bella on a tracking line and asked her to find. She calmly led me around the scrub face for about 20 yards and then started tracking hard (wanting to pull me along ). After about another 20 yards she found the heart shot deer. Mostly obscured. Not a long track, but I would have never found it by myself.
I was tickled pink.

She is doing great..you have done right by her . Love how you have let her natural ability come out and just given it the minimal tweaking to fit your needs. Truely a good master.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

She is doing great..you have done right by her . Love how you have let her natural ability come out and just given it the minimal tweaking to fit your needs. Truely a good master.

@Micky Duck This was her yesterday too. Finding a little Fallow doe. It looks a long way but she's only about 30 yards or so from me at the end.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RdKt_LsmO5o

Originally Posted by Tahr

Bella did a neat thing yesterday. I fluffed a standing shot at 100 yards and hit a fallow spiker through the third rib. The sound and sight picture gave me a sinking feeling. It was in quite thick messy bush. Bella quickly picked up the scent and I followed her up a ridge and then she ducked over the side and disappeared. Then some barks. Then she came back. I headed for where she had been barking and she disappeared ahead again. I heard one growl. After about 80 yards there she was laying quietly next to a very alive but immobile deer. I quickly dispatched it. She had tracked about 200 yards and I only saw one small bit of blood. Good Bella! She is 22 months.
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That dog deserves a Speights...