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Blood Tracking Dog to Help You
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Good one.
I get most of your references; this one was easy, the Army has at least two cadences inspired by this song.
Bile Them Cabbage Down
chorus:
Yah, old Blue
You good dog, you
verses:
I had a dog and his name was Blue
And I betcha five dollars he's a good dog, too
Come on, Blue
You good dog, you
I shouldered my gun and I tooted my horn
And I went to get a possum in the new ground corn
Come on, Blue
You can come too
(chorus)
Old Blue bayed, and I went to see
Blue had a possum in a ‘simmon tree
Come on, Blue
You good dog, you
That possum come out on a swinging limb
Blue barked at the possum, possum growled at him
Come on, Blue
You good dog, you
(chorus)
Blue grinned at me and I winked at him
I shook out the possum out, Blue took him in
Come on, Blue
You good dog, you
Baked that possum nice and brown
And I layed them sweet potatoes round and round
Come on, Blue
You can have some, too
(chorus)
Well, Old Blue died and he died so hard
He shook the ground in my backyard
Go on, Blue
You good dog, you
Dug his grave with a silver spade
Lowered him down with a golden chain
Go on, Blue
You good dog, you
(chorus)
When I get to heaven first thing I'll do
Take my horn and blow for Blue
Go on, Blue
I'm comin' too
Come on Blue, come on Blue
There's a possum in Heaven for me and you
Go on, Blue
You good dog, you
(chorus)
Very nice!
May have harder time tracking. .. hence their name.. retriever.. they use their sights better than their nose.
Here she is with the deer I got the third week of September. I made a very good shot and the deer immediately ran into a standing corn field, then bolted out the side of the field about 50 yards away from me, and ultimately into a thicket. I didn't even bother tracking it without the dog. I waited an hour, went to my crossbow bolt that was stuck in the ground (so glad I finally invested in lighted nocks!) and saw some dark red blood on it and a good trail. I got the dog from the truck and she led me to it in under five minutes. The deer had run down into a dry wash. I would have recovered it eventually without the dog, but her nose made it go much faster! Racer is right--the Drahthaar really is the ultimate hunting companion! She will relentlessly search and point upland game, find and retrieve any lost waterfowl in any weather, and of course the blood tracking skill. And she is not afraid of anything--she tried to go after an adult bobcat at 10 months old while we were grouse hunting--but is still very sweet with my baby son. Of course I spent and continue to spend a lot of time working with her, but she makes it easy.
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Boss Keen is not sure you got the reference. Boss Godfrey has serious doubts as well.Good one.
I get most of your references; this one was easy.....
The wife and I had done some scent training with her. Really to keep her learning. She did pretty well.
suburbhunter
Member
I thought I would bring this to the top with bow season only about 12 days away, and most of the dog tracking threads are pretty old. My dog Fritz and I will be available to help track should the need arise from anyone here. Fritz is United Blood Trackers level II certified and ready to work. Last week we did a 22hr old hoof/Inter-digital scent, training track with no blood 700+ yards long. Our areas will primarily be Frederick, Carroll, Baltimore, Harford, Howard, AA and maybe Montgomery Counties. If I can't assist I will try to find a tracker that will. Derwood is still tracking too and will probably be mostly in the south region. Shoot Straight [smile]
I can be reached at 443-293-2395.
I can be reached at 443-293-2395.
- Dec 30, 2012
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Thank you sir for offering this. My old tracker contact moved to Florida, so I was without a resource.
jtb81100
Ultimate Member
Just out of curiosity, did you work with a trainer for this or is it something you already knew how to do?. My now 2 year old dog has shown some tracking instincts and I'd love to find a trainer to work with. The couple of places I've found are more geared towards nose work competitions and the class times are either screwy or the class is rarely held.
suburbhunter
Member
I trained my dog. It is a process and you and your dog would get more out of it by training your dog yourself. Send me a Pm and Ill get you started in the right direction. Thanks.
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