Shed hunting thought....

[mungojeerie]

For you guys running dogs... You think it's possible to train a dog to find sheds like they train dogs or pigs to find truffles?

Just a thought... anyone have a dog that does it? much success?

[Sofa King]

do the antlers have much scent?
maybe shortly after they've dropped I guess.
you'd have to figure a way of getting the dog used to that scent somehow, and not just the scent of a deer.

[brian]

I have seen a couple of YouTube videos on training dogs to shed hunt.

[Whonnock Boy]

A member posted a video of his dog finding a shed, and I watched a show that had a dog finding sheds. So yes.....

[Mikey Rafiki]

Antlers are bones and you know a dog can find a bone!

Seriously though, a buddy of mine has trained his lab. He brings back bones a fair bit too but he definitely brought back a few antlers.

[brig]

http://www.sheddogtrainer.com/ Not that i'm into it but I read an article recently about shed hunting dogs and it linked to this sight. Seems to be quite possible.

[tanker]

train a pig to find sheds, if it doesnt work out at least you got alot of bacon. win win if ya ask me :mrgreen:

tanker

[TheProvider]

Yes, its actually becoming very popular.

[knighthunter]

I had a video of a guy in Alberta or Sask that had trained his dog to find sheds. The dog found lots too. A couple of years ago I gave it to a young fellow from north east of Edmonton.

[andrewscag]

The old guy on the show "mountain men" has a trained shed dog. Had a spot about them shed hunting on one of the episodes

[mark]

I trained my chesapeake to find sheds, it was easy and he finds about the same as i do now