Popular and lays out a plan for training them. "Tracking Dogs for Finding Wounded Deer." The book covers theĭifferent types of dogs that make good trackers dachshunds are very To train Mossy, Swafford has gotten help from John Jeanneney's book Half-mile then they would run down," Swafford said. "In Alabama I had a plot (hound) and they would be good for about a The one that showed the most enthusiasm was the one he Previous season and drag it 10 or 15 feet to leave a trail for theīeagle pups. He would take a deer heart or lung from the Swafford decided he wanted a beagle and then set about visiting a Used dogs to track 20 deer and they found 18 of them. "A good dog can really make a difference," he said. Swafford had used dogs to both hunt and track deer in AlabamaĪnd he knew a canine's nose follows trails human eyes miss. Legal to use a dog to track a wounded deer as long as the tracker is It's against the law to hunt deer with dogs in Tennessee, but it's That's what I was looking for.īilly Swafford, on his choice of a deer-tracking dog In Alabama I had a plot (hound) and they would be good for about a half-mile then they would run down. That's where Mossy full name Mossy Oak Camouflage comes in. "From then on I said I was getting a dog." Wide and had 9-inch brow tines about a 130-class deer and "Last year I shot a big 8-point during bow season and I mean this Through the undergrowth looking for the smallest signs that could lead Who knows how to track a deer, Swafford has spent hours crawling Shot trophy bucks only to watch them disappear. Past three years he and some of the hunters who share his lease have Swafford hunts the rugged hills of Morgan County, Tenn., and in the Specifically, a 7-month-old beagle named Mossy. Billy Swafford thinks the perfect salve for aĭeer hunter who has lost the trophy of a lifetime could be a beagle. Need a wounded-deer tracker? Get a beagle You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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