Years ago we dog hunted around Clayton. A younger guy shot a good buck and had a good blood trail where he crossed the road and he was wanting a dog to help trail. I had a dang good bluetick that was a bit crazy and I told the boy he could use him, as far as I know the dog had never been on a lead before. I put a 10' leather lead on him and we waited around for a long time, but he didn't show back up. They started driving the roads and finally found the boy on another highway almost to Clayton. He was leaving a blood trail from the briars about better than the deer was. They didn't find the deer, but he never turned the lead loose. i kinda felt sorry for him.