Thread: Deer dog training

that article is a good read and im guessing Herb Spannagl knows a thing or to but hes only out lined what a "companion" dog should do and thats heel (as he said at the end) its a good starting point

a real deer dog should "Road You In" to deer from 20 to 100 meters away and this is not done in the heeling position , its done when the dogs out front and walking you to the deer on point.. or a type of walk up like a eye dog huntaway would,,, its not a heel ,, there is alot of difference between a companion dog and a real deer dog in my view

you could teach it in the field but you will lose quite a few deer or you could teach it on placed birds ect pointing training ,
but it depends on what you want, and what you call trained