Re: Do you take your dog on the line?
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01/30/21 04:10 PM
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Jack dale, marten and squirrel? Try wolf coyote fox lynx wolverine marten mink beaver muskrat ermine...May have forgotten one or two but u get the point. As far as tracking a catch on a drag I just look at the ground, there’s usually a story to follow....snow or dirt. Never caught something and had the snow cover up the trail? 🤔 Shoot I've used my dog to find traps buried in 18' of snow. Bottom line is there are dog guys and not dog guys I guess. Guys that are effective with their dogs catch more fur I'd bet.
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Re: Do you take your dog on the line?
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01/30/21 04:56 PM
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Tactical.20
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Had first dog find coyotes on a drag in Wyoming, used them for decoys while calling coyote, dogs have located traps for me numerous times, they figured out on their own what I meant when I said find the trap, Coyotes are territorial, just having a dog with you will add to your catch total A coyote can probably smell me and dog for a week, even if she doesn't pee there, Pulled up to a coyote in a snare after heavy rain, coyote pulled 30" stake and ran, dog chased him into cover where it tangled stake and I caught up to it. Many reasons a dog is good for a coyote trapper
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Re: Do you take your dog on the line?
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01/30/21 07:44 PM
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Tom Fisher
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Pancho has brought to bay/treed coyotes, raccoons, feral cats, bobcats and one lion. Saves me a bunch of time looking for animals and he is fun to have around, have had other Airedales check my beaver and muskrat traps, hunt coons, turkeys and they all had a passion for feral cats!
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Re: Do you take your dog on the line?
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01/30/21 07:47 PM
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mad_mike
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What is the point in having your dogs harass your catches? They can be quite useful to show where the post set goes. When she runs to a spot and marks, guess what follows? She waits in the boat while checking.
Advice? Wise men don't need it. Fools won't heed it.
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Re: Do you take your dog on the line?
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01/30/21 08:44 PM
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Tom Fisher
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Pancho has treed lions, coons, feral cats, bobcats and brought coyotes to bay. Plus he h as saved me a bunch of time finding animals on drags, especially lions who can go a ways (back when we could trap them) I have had other Airedales that I hunted coons with, they found muskrats, beavers and they all had an affinity for feral house cats. One even had a nose for turkeys and porkies. I can't trap without one!
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Re: Do you take your dog on the line?
[Re: MJM]
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01/30/21 08:52 PM
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Mark I can sympathize with the way your dog feels. I’ve buried two, don’t wanna bury another. I sure miss em tho. Osky
"A womans heart is the hardest rock the Almighty has put on this earth, and I can find no sign on it" Jabless in Minnesota www.SureDockusa.com
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Re: Do you take your dog on the line?
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01/30/21 09:02 PM
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Mark I can sympathize with the way your dog feels. I’ve buried two, don’t wanna bury another. I sure miss em tho. Osky I totally understand that. I don't think I will get another one. I could not do the dog justice.
"Not Really, Not Really" Mark J Monti "MJM you're a jerk."
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Re: Do you take your dog on the line?
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01/30/21 09:20 PM
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MJM, i love your old dog, I saw pics of him several years ago on this site, and am on my second jagd, first one was a good dog and could prob fight a bear and win, she had no quit. Got hit on the road, my fault for letting her get down there, I have her sister from a later litter now, still under a year old, rough coat like your dog, and an awesome beast... she also has a companion rat terrier to harass her at the end of the day. Jagd is with all the time running rat traps, little rat goes with on the nice days, spends a lot of time in the truck.
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Re: Do you take your dog on the line?
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01/30/21 09:53 PM
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MJM
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MJM, i love your old dog, I saw pics of him several years ago on this site, and am on my second jagd, first one was a good dog and could prob fight a bear and win, she had no quit. Got hit on the road, my fault for letting her get down there, I have her sister from a later litter now, still under a year old, rough coat like your dog, and an awesome beast... she also has a companion rat terrier to harass her at the end of the day. Jagd is with all the time running rat traps, little rat goes with on the nice days, spends a lot of time in the truck.
He liked trapping rats, but I think he likes hunting them more. I trapped them in housed and he likes that if they are alive when he gets there. I have seen him swim out to the ice, climb up, run across the ice and jump in and retrieve rats I shot. He will come straight back rather than run around shore. He is watching for rats if we are around water. I like the rough coat, I think it helps a lot in the cold.
"Not Really, Not Really" Mark J Monti "MJM you're a jerk."
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Re: Do you take your dog on the line?
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01/30/21 11:21 PM
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MJM I like the one with your dog harassing the fish, that's a big one. I need to get remi on some fish lol She loves duck's to much lol
Let me sugar coat this
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Re: Do you take your dog on the line?
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02/01/21 12:06 AM
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Yah that black came from the Appalachian mountains here in good old Virginia. I am so glad I'm a dog person and for the nondog people you don't just get a dog and take it trapping. You pick the right dog and you teach it what it need to know but frist you have to bond with it. A dog has to know it can trust it's owner once that happens the dog will do everything in it's ability to make you happy. You see a dog running about barking at a animal in a trap I see zippie dog celebrating with me in my catch I see her showing me sign I missed or may have never seen. Or even holding a bobcats attention while I get the catch pole on or working with me when I go and set up at a youth event to teach young children about trapping.
Last edited by bandy; 02/01/21 12:21 AM.
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Re: Do you take your dog on the line?
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02/01/21 04:18 PM
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MJM I like the one with your dog harassing the fish, that's a big one. I need to get remi on some fish lol She loves duck's to much lol If I put a fish on a stringer from shore it can be two foot down and he is bringing it back to shore. He never has just pulled the stringer in. He sticks his head under and grabs the fish and heads to the shore with it. Lee, he always just did what he wanted, it just happed to be what I wanted. All I ever did was take him a lot.
"Not Really, Not Really" Mark J Monti "MJM you're a jerk."
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Re: Do you take your dog on the line?
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02/02/21 12:11 AM
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MJM I like the one with your dog harassing the fish, that's a big one. I need to get remi on some fish lol She loves duck's to much lol If I put a fish on a stringer from shore it can be two foot down and he is bringing it back to shore. He never has just pulled the stringer in. He sticks his head under and grabs the fish and heads to the shore with it. Lee, he always just did what he wanted, it just happed to be what I wanted. All I ever did was take him a lot. Cool
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Re: Do you take your dog on the line?
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02/02/21 12:34 AM
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Excellent picture s of trapping helpers, I can't amagin trapping without a good dog. My last lab. Would find beaver dens for me.
Let me sugar coat this
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