Txcowboy usually you keep a dog on a lead when tracking.

The Tazman

i would use a dog, but my mom and brother are allergic <img src=icon_smile_dissapprove.gif border=0 align=middle>

bwizard91, there was a post simliar to this on bowhunting.com a couple weeks ago. Some said it was illegal in there areas and would do it anyway others would not. I live in an area where its illegal. After seeing the post I spoke to our local game warden to get his opinion. He said as long as he was notified and the dog was leashed he wouldnt have a problem with it after all hes a hunter too and wouldnt want to see the animal suffer or go to waste. So for you guys who would do it anyway in the name if ethics a phone call could potentially get you out of trouble.........1B

1Buck, good advice. Taz I understand that the dog is normally on a lead or a leash but I didn't word my qestion very well. What I meant was, how do you keep the dog from picking up on the fresh trail of the unwounded deer and start trailing it, instead of the wounded one? See what I mean? Basically I guess my question is how do you train the dog to trail wounded deer only. Thanks for the info!

I think you should do everything you can to recover wounded deer. In MD. it is ok to track a wounded deer with a tracking dog. But first you have to call the gamewarden and tell them what you are doing. The dog handler and the hunter can carry whatever weapon is in season gun or bow. But the dog has to be on a leash. And you can only kill the deer during legal shooting hours not after dark and no sunday hunting in my state.

It's legal in my state and I have a friend of mine that has a Poodle trained to do it.Looks funny but she's good at it.