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Last updated 10-24-08
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Club for Bavarian Mountain Blood Hounds
| 2008 Elk Tracking trip to Ky |
Under the organization of several members from the VDD-GNA Southeast Hunt Chapter i participated in providing
tracking dogs for the 2008 bull Elk hunt. There were about 125 tags drawn for the bull hunt the first week of Oct. This
was organized in a manner to introduce blood tracking dogs to the hunters. We split into 2 groups so that the entire
hunting area could be covered. The group I was with got to stay in motels while the other group camped. Out of 6 of us
3 got to track and one more came out to re run a line that I was having difficulty with. Saturday morning a group of
hunters I had meet the previous night called and stated that they had hit a bull but had very little blood. It took me about
40 minutes to drive to where they were. Baby started out well but quickly got over whelmed by the scent in the woods. I
have never been in the woods where I could smell the animal like this. The smell was so strong and coming from
everywhere. The temps were in the low 70. Baby worked up through the woods and never found anymore blood so I
decided to restart her. She started well again but soon after she got into the woods she threw up and had very loose
stool. I had not brought much water from the house and was using tap water from the motel for her to drink. I do not
know if that was it or not, but next time I do something like this I will have her enough water from home for the whole trip
just in case. I decide to call in another dog to rework the line and they never found another drop of blood. Anna got to
track a very good one and found a wound bed and jumped the bull. The bull got up and moved like it was not even hurt
so they called it off after almost a mile of straight up and down terrain. The third bull that was tracked was actually bayed
by the dog. The hunter never showed up and after 45 minutes and the dog getting kicked he broke and got away. The
tracked said it was a flesh wound and it was decided to call off the track. This group is going back in Dec to provide the
tracking dogs for the Elk cow hunt. They are taking more dogs since there are 400 tags for this. Here are some pictures
of us at the check in with one of the bulls that was brought in. This is scheduled to be an annual event. As the word gets
out I see more and more people taking advantage of this service.
tracking dogs for the 2008 bull Elk hunt. There were about 125 tags drawn for the bull hunt the first week of Oct. This
was organized in a manner to introduce blood tracking dogs to the hunters. We split into 2 groups so that the entire
hunting area could be covered. The group I was with got to stay in motels while the other group camped. Out of 6 of us
3 got to track and one more came out to re run a line that I was having difficulty with. Saturday morning a group of
hunters I had meet the previous night called and stated that they had hit a bull but had very little blood. It took me about
40 minutes to drive to where they were. Baby started out well but quickly got over whelmed by the scent in the woods. I
have never been in the woods where I could smell the animal like this. The smell was so strong and coming from
everywhere. The temps were in the low 70. Baby worked up through the woods and never found anymore blood so I
decided to restart her. She started well again but soon after she got into the woods she threw up and had very loose
stool. I had not brought much water from the house and was using tap water from the motel for her to drink. I do not
know if that was it or not, but next time I do something like this I will have her enough water from home for the whole trip
just in case. I decide to call in another dog to rework the line and they never found another drop of blood. Anna got to
track a very good one and found a wound bed and jumped the bull. The bull got up and moved like it was not even hurt
so they called it off after almost a mile of straight up and down terrain. The third bull that was tracked was actually bayed
by the dog. The hunter never showed up and after 45 minutes and the dog getting kicked he broke and got away. The
tracked said it was a flesh wound and it was decided to call off the track. This group is going back in Dec to provide the
tracking dogs for the Elk cow hunt. They are taking more dogs since there are 400 tags for this. Here are some pictures
of us at the check in with one of the bulls that was brought in. This is scheduled to be an annual event. As the word gets
out I see more and more people taking advantage of this service.
| Just for your viewing pleasure here are a few of the bulls that were brought in over the weekend. |
