RE: Tracking wounded deer with dogs
As a deer-dog hunter, I can attest to you it is fairly easy to take a cold-nosed trail dog and make him into a tracking dog. I have one dog myself that will track, but the problem you run into with these type of dogs (walker/beagle mix) is they were originally taught to hunt by the normal deer scent, and not the smell of a wounded animal (blood). i have seen two dogs that weretaughtto betracking dogs,( both chocolate labs) one of which has found 10-15 deer a year for 4 years now.
Now that is a relieving sight to see the dog track the deer for hundreds of yards without anybloodtrail and walk uptothe deer and start whimpering. That dog is worth his weight in gold!!