OT-deer liver

[Weiner]

I was wondering if anyone in southern Ontario has a deer liver in the freezer they are willing to give me. I'm training a pup to blood track using the dog bone training system created by Jeremy Moore. Pm me if you have anything available.
If you watch North American Whitetail you may have seen clips of Jeremy's training.
Check out his website for further information at
www.dogbonehunter.com

[drkeenan]

I trained my wire haired dachshund last year after reading John Jeanneney's book on the subject. I highly recommend!! You really don't need deer liver. You can start your dog with blood drops from defrosting venison from your freezer and quickly transition to deer hooves. Any treat at the end of a tracking line will do. The dog mostly scents the inter digital gland on the hoof.





Hope this helps!!

[galamb]

With all the Cadmium warnings about Deer and Moose livers that have been in the Ontario Hunters guides (since about the 80's), I have never saved them at all.

And I really like liver, just don't need the toxic metal as a dish

[Horizontal Hunter]

With all the Cadmium warnings about Deer and Moose livers that have been in the Ontario Hunters guides (since about the 80's), I have never saved them at all.

And I really like liver, just don't need the toxic metal as a dish

It is the same here in New England. I think that you are ok if you select a liver from a young deer and limit your intake.

Bob

[hockeyfodder]

X2 HH,
if you have deer or moose liver once a year it shouldn't be a problem.
The younger the animal the better. It is a metal that accumulates over years so the younger the animal the less in the liver.

[colouredchameleon]

I trained my wire haired dachshund last year after reading John Jeanneney's book on the subject. I highly recommend!! You really don't need deer liver. You can start your dog with blood drops from defrosting venison from your freezer and quickly transition to deer hooves. Any treat at the end of a tracking line will do. The dog mostly scents the inter digital gland on the hoof.

Hope this helps!!

Agreed

But it is important to distinguish between the two methods of tracking

Blood Tracking Training, focuses the dog on finding a wounded deer after the shoot.
( even the smallest drop difficult to see with the human eye a good dog can detect)

Hoof Tracking Training is best for dogging to find and flush deer.

You can train a dog to do both. But be prepared for the possibility of an average dog getting distracted while blood trailing (taking you on wild goose chase) if you have focused your training on both.

A well trained Blood Tracker will use both a blood trail no matter how weak a trail in combination with air scenting. Especially if the bulk of the training is deer blood specific.