I’m not gonna throw her on a true lost one just yet. I’m gonna get her on a few more training runs on smoked arse deer first and then maybe try to work her on a few toward the end of the season. Otis’s first year at this same age (7-10 months) we only went on maybe 4 or 5 true lost deer that season. We went on around 15-18 smoked runs though. The training process takes several years and this first one is really just an introduction……..ingraining in them that this is what they do. Technique is learned in the second year….and the third they start putting it all together and honing their skills. That’s what I’ve seen so far anyways. They say (other trackers) that year 4 and 5 is when they really start getting into their prime years.
I have some family coming down this way to hunt next week and I should get a few runs for Shelby on some deer they shoot. If we find this deer tomorrow and it isn’t too deep….I’ll rerun Shelby on the track.
