Thread: Need some advice for older GSP, deer stalking

Originally Posted by matto1234

I have a 4 and a half year old 3/4gsp 1/4lab which i take deer stalking. I have shot 20ish animals with him but none he has actively taken me into to shoot ,90% of them he probably didnt even know were there.
He will wind but wont lead me into an animal
. If i let him out front he can be a noisey prick sniffing everything
work any sort of logical trail. And then some days he will wind and point animals on a slip 300m away.

If i skin drag and then hang it in a tree he will ground scent and................ then wind scent into it ?

right Ive broken that up to hopefully point out something obvious I missed the first couple of times around


dog WONT follow any sort of logical trail..Meg doesnt either,the brain of them isnt wired that way..but give her a steady breaze and BINGO follow the nose,its following the breaze back upwind to deer..frustrating as hell at times but the only player still in the game if its raining.
TRY changing how you hunt...work the faces so the breaze is coming up to you and as soon as that big black wet sniffer goes up..FOLLOW it down taking note of wind direction so if dog looses scent you cant help by moving along till pick it up again...
its a wonderous thing when it comes together and frustrating as hell when it doesnt..at least yours doesnt bark at deer or whinge n whine when they close..by golly that tests a mans patience.