ORIGINAL: Snooky
Not true. A hound CAN follow a trail a couple of days old, but they are trained to follow the strongestscent, ie. the freshest track, otherwise they would track backwards.
you may be right, but 60 years of hunting hounds says your wrong. Backtracking hounds are removed from the gene pool. Backtracking has never been a problem for me. Your lodgic would have the dogs taking every track backward, weather two minutes, or two days old, the principle remains the same. A decent hound will take the track in the proper direction if walked in at a 90 degree angle to the track. When rigging a dog from the truck, the dog will know which direction the game is, and which direction the game is travelingbefore you release him and let him on the ground.
THIS IS OFF-TOPIC BUT I GOT TO REPLY....
I agree, as i have had experience with hounds, andto clear up another so-called fact:most(90+%)trailing hounds willleave a colder track for a fresher one, but i have personally seen cold-nose hounds 'lock down' on a certain trail, and even if the other dogs leave the trailing dog and jumpanon-intended animal, they dont give up on the intended trail. These dogs are rare but they exist,i would guess it isusually a stubborn trait or the dog doesn't want to honor another dogs chase.