start em young. tug-o-war with a piece of hide. Drag it in his sight and let him chase and catch it. Later drag it further and drop it where he can see it, let him get it. Praise the snot out of him. As he gets older/better drag the hide and make a turn where he cannot see it. Drag up/down/across the wind..make him get his nose on the ground and not air scent it. I've always used a ten foot stick to drag the hide off to the side of where I walk...don't want him tracking you to the hide.


I've never used blood or bone to train.

When he trained....never....ever....NEVER...second guess where the dog is tracking. He's 10X better than you at this tracking.....


I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....

proud Cracker-Americaan

muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one