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<blockquote data-quote="luvcatchingbass" data-source="post: 190810" data-attributes="member: 1979">I personally would not want the chance of my lab suddenly thinking chasing deer is ok when now she is trained to not, granted I have tried using her for shed hunting.That being said. If it were legal even with a few restrictions such as contacting warden or accompanied by warden, unarmed, and must be on a form of a leash or control I would be inclined to do it. In my thought my dog is not on a leash very much and she would know the difference and once she can get started she would surely be beneficial. If she is used once or maybe twice a year I don't think she would make a habit out of it. I have been lucky for many years to always recover my deer, BUT things can happen. If a deer jumps a string resulting in a pour shot with very bad blood trail there are only two outcomes if not found, the deer might heal and survive or it found a way to give you the slip and ends up being coyote food for all you know. After a wounded unrecovered deer I doubt the hunter will just cut up their tag, most will continue to hunt which can result in an additional animal harvested at a minimum, maybe they wound more. If dog tracking can reduce the loses by 50% I say it would be a good thing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="luvcatchingbass, post: 190810, member: 1979"] I personally would not want the chance of my lab suddenly thinking chasing deer is ok when now she is trained to not, granted I have tried using her for shed hunting. That being said. If it were legal even with a few restrictions such as contacting warden or accompanied by warden, unarmed, and must be on a form of a leash or control I would be inclined to do it. In my thought my dog is not on a leash very much and she would know the difference and once she can get started she would surely be beneficial. If she is used once or maybe twice a year I don't think she would make a habit out of it. I have been lucky for many years to always recover my deer, BUT things can happen. If a deer jumps a string resulting in a pour shot with very bad blood trail there are only two outcomes if not found, the deer might heal and survive or it found a way to give you the slip and ends up being coyote food for all you know. After a wounded unrecovered deer I doubt the hunter will just cut up their tag, most will continue to hunt which can result in an additional animal harvested at a minimum, maybe they wound more. If dog tracking can reduce the loses by 50% I say it would be a good thing. [/QUOTE]

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