Here in eastern Virginia, USA, hunting deer with dogs and hounds has been traditional since the earliest colonial days. The favored dogs are hound breeds but some use hound/cross dogs. I have never heard of a "deer indicator" dog. For us the dogs are usually hunted in packs of from 5 to 20 dogs that match well in speed and ability. Sometimes single or pair/couplet of dogs are used in small areas and these are often dogs that hunt silent and hunt "wind" and not cold trail, like Elkhounds and Mountain Cur and retriever/hound crosses, but open when the game is jumped or sighted.

Just exactly how does a "deer indicator" dog go about indicating deer? I don't mean to be a smart a55, but have never heard of it and have no idea how it is done.

And just what kind of deer do you have there? We have "Whitetail" of course and Sika are naturalized in some areas.

Thanks, 10 ga