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I am looking to find a couple of good tracking dogs for my hunting operation in Texas. I do not want hog dogs, only tracking dogs for deer and exotics. Great site and very informative.

Great cause and nice site!

Hello, I have a trackerdog station in the Netherlands with the Sabueso Español a Spanish Hound with an excellent nose for tracking. My dogs are Dutch and European champion for tracks from 48 til 70 hours. I am curious if there still sabueso's in the USA, perhaps you can inform us about that. Greetings from The Netherlands.

I had a great little visit. I'll be back sometime soon.

I am looking for information on breeders of Dach. or Jack Russel Terriers around my area. I am looking for someone who may have some good hunting stock. I want to train a dog for blood trailing. Please email me if you can help

GREAT site. very nice pics.

Thanks for all the info, can't wait for the next season. Just have to do some fishing in the meantime:)

I'm getting my first bloodhound and plan on using it for traking deer i have traind many dogs for huntting but never for traking only, the dog is approximately 8 to 12 monts old i understand that the dog will not get along wiht other dog i would gladley except any help thank you for your time.

Great pics!

I have just bought my first Bloodhound. He is a great pup. I would love to talk with other owners for tips on training him.

i realy like your site and you give a lot of info about traing your dogs to track big game. god job with the site!

Need to learn about the dog's.

Great site. I don't hunt but my father does, he could've used one of them dogs on a number of his hunting trips. Will suggest it to him. Good work! chris

I have a two year old chocolate lab. Is it to late to train him to blood trail deer. Any information would be welcomed.

I have a 14 mounth old smooth daschound is he to old to train for wounded deer?

Nice site Greet from Holland

great site well done

Great Site!

What a great service. Hope to use it and become a member. I am having a hard time navigating the site to find contact numbers in Michigan. Hopefully I can get hold of the Schoolcraft person to help me in Battle Creek. I have a dead 'buck' in an unnavigable swamp.

Wow, you guys are great. Bob and his dog came down from Gainsville, NY and we located my 10 point buck in just a few minutes. I am thrilled to get my deer but really impressed with such dedication and expertise exhibited by your organization. Thanks so much. Paul Greiner

I have a 10 month oil choc. lab is it to late to train him.

In Denmark we have a very well organized official register of examined searchdogs and educated owners. The persons in the register are availabel not only for hunters, but also in the case of car accidents with deer. All the best. Henrik.

I have had Deer Search help me and friends out since John J. started in the mid 1970's. The dedication and friendly assistance of the people who are part of Deer Search are among the best of any organization I have ever dealt with. If they cannot find your deer it cannot be found.

After an excellent season of bear and moose hunting here in British Columbia the Slovenski Kopov male I got from the Czech Rep. "Mook" did very well. My father brought us a female pup "Sinti" this Summer from the Slovak Rep. and she shows promising interest in tracking as well. I have a book from Germany that is called "Die Schweissarbeit" (The Bloodwork) written by a guy that is to blood trailing in Europe what Fred Bear and Howard Hill are to archery. This book answers any questions one might have about the subject. It is just shy of 500 pages and has very nice illustrations and pictures showing the work. The authors name is Hans Joachim Borngraeber and after talking to him a couple of times on the phone he has offered to help in any way he can to promote the use of blood trailing dogs here in N. America. He introduced and helped tremendously with the training of dogs in South Africa, Denmark, Bulgaria and Romania. His work in Germany as a teacher at the famous "Hunting Castle Springe" and a dog handler is well known and respected. If we could find the right publisher to take on the project of translating (I could be of help with that) and publishing the book in English we would be way ahead in the battle of promoting the use of dogs for trailing and retrieving wounded game in N. America and other countries for that matter. If you have an idea, send me a mail: michael@going-hunting.com Smile when hunting, Michael Schneider

I HAVE A 3 YEAR OLD YELLOW LAB, SHE HAS AN EXCELLANT NOSE, IS IT TWO LATE TO TRAIN HER TO RECOVER DEER?

looking for tips to retrack my monster buck while hunting with my bow last night took a bunch of guys out saw alot of blood but he's still lost in the swamp HELP

We have a managed private hunt club and this year our efforts have paid-off. However, our deer seem to be rather resilient, as they rarely just "drop" when shot with large high powered rifles such as 300 mags-we3 are spending hours tracking and sometimes to no avail, so we are thinking seriously about using a tracking dog. Any suggestions? thanks, julie

We have trophy managed White-Tailed Deer on our family farm for 6 years with only one lost deer. This year we lost a deer 2 days in a row....one was a 150 class deer. We need to be able to recover these animals for our paying guest and for the lucky few that I let hunt. I have 2 Lab puppies, would they make good deer dogs? A little feed-back would be nice. Oh yeah, that 150 class deer we have missing, you don't see many that size in our part of the state and I take it personally when we lose a deer. Actually, my friends call me "deer dog" because usually when we find blood it's over. How do I go about training a dog to blood trail? Thanks

I am very interested in a tracking dog for deer and becoming licensed in NY state, however my wife is allergic to most animals. Are there any breeds suitable for tracking that are hypo-allergenic.

I have a GSP that I use for bird hunting, do you think it would be a problem cross training to track wounded game?

I believe its a good ideal what you are doing for the sportsman/sportswomen. Thank you, Rick Pounds (Hunter).

I will be moving to Florida within the next month and would like to get some information about tracking in Florida. I have tracked in New york State for the past eight years and Vrena and I have found quite a few deer. If anyone would like to share some information about what is legal and the use of weapons (pistols specificially) I would greatly appreciate it.

I just recently lost my first buck, and was heart-broke that I could not find him after 3 days of searching over a broken blood trail. I greatly wished that I had not scorned my rabbit dogs for chasing deer, and was driven to research the possibilities of a blood trailing dog for just that purpose. Your site was very informative, and has compelled me to attain legislation here in Ohio. I have many hours of research ahead of me, and anyone with insight, advice or support can e-mail me regarding the issue. Best of luck with your dogs this season and thanks again for pointing me in the right direction.

I first visited your site approx. a year ago. I found it very informative and had been using it to train my Beagle on a bloodline. With the onset of three major hurricanes the first of which was Charley, it destroyed my dogpen. Since my dog was faithful enough to hang around even though he had obtained his long lost freedom, I chose not to pen him back up. He survived hurricane Frances with me. Unfortunately, on the morning before hurricane Jeanne was to arrive a neighbor contacted me with the news that they thought they had spotted my Dog at an intersection near my home. Upon confomation that it was my Beagle, it made the impending storm even harder to bare. I want to thank you for the hours I got to spend with this Dog practicing your training methods. Hopfully one day when my heart is back in it I can begin this jounery with another companion. Thanks.

WOW, AMAZEING SITE,,I SAW A ARTICLE IN ILLINOIS OUTDOORS AND CALLED THE MAN IN THE ARTICLE. HENRY SOMETHING,,HE LEAD ME TO YOUR SITE, AND IM IMPRESSED,BEEN STRICTLLY A BOWHUNTER 17YRS, AND AS WE ALL KNOW ,,WE LOSE DEER,,IM HOPEING TO GET A DOG AND SEE IT DOESNT HAPPEN NO MORE,, OR NOT AS OFTEN, WITH MYSELF OR 0THERS THAT I KNOW AND HUNT WITH, ,THANK YOU FOR A EXCELLENT SITE.

Great site and great cause! This is something that really needs to be done.

Congratulations, really beautifull site, for hunter or gundogs training . Very interesting. Welcome: CANINA - the world of the work and gun dog - All information on the gun dogs All on the gun dogs: races, standards, photographs, results. Calendar: contest and exposures. Health, education of the dog and the pup, canine sport, drives out. Directories: clubs (en-de-fr) Best regard to you. from Belgium

hi everyone at deer search i really miss being a member of deer search i got a letter from the state to renew my tracking license this year and recieved it in the mail a few days ago and i am hoping to be available to help track this year again

Great Site. Picking up a bllodhound puppy tomorrow. Any advice or tips about bloodhounds, or trailing a deer in Louisiana would be very appreciated.

The work you have done in aiding hunters to find wounded deer is great and goes a long way to showing that hunters do care for the welfare of the game they hunt. I hunt Sambar deer with scent trailing hound in the alpine area's of Victoria and have enjoyed reading about the training of your working dogs. Keep up the good work.

You have a great site, well put together. Also would like to thank you for the presentation at S&S Taxidermy on 6/26/04; it was very informative and interesting. Thank You once again.

YOUR WEBBSITE HAS BEEN A GREAT HELP $$$ I HAVE A REDBONE COONEHOUND THAT IS 9/MONTHS OLD THAT I BEEN BLOODTRAILING SENCE HE WAS 7/WEEKS OLD.HE HAS DONE NOTHING BUT GET BETTER EVERDAY.HE HAS HAD NO TROUBLE LEARNING YOUR WAYS OF BLOODTRAILING.THIS WILL BE HIS FIRST SEASON ON A LIVE TRAIL I KNOW IT WILL TURN OUT !!GREAT!! WHY DONT WE SEE MORE REDBONES AND OTHER COONEHOUND THAY ARE KNOWN FOR TRACKING. /keep up the great work. //THANKS//-$$$ PR"S CH ROCK STEADY REDDEER$$${boone}

Nice site!

I really enjoyed my visit. A great site. I'll be back sometime soon. (-:

nice site here,i got a rat terrior,and he is a wiz on the deer trail.he dont even need a blood trail,he just needs a wounded deer,rather it was hit good,or just a leg shot.he will take me to the deer. we had never charged any one,and we both love it.he has a red blinking lamp on his collar for night use,and it does not affect him at all.when he sees this collar,hes ready and raring. mark new.

nice site with many informations. come back soon again.

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nice site, enjoyed visiting

Terrific information! Alaska has just approved the use of dogs to recover wounded game. There are plans to have a blood tracking workshop here in early June. I will attend with my DD.

I like this site. I just got a bloodhound and you guys are helping me train her. If i only knew how to get her interested in trailing a crippled deer instead of a live deer

Great idea! Keep up the good work....

Nice site! Look at our homepage www.skogsraas.nu We are breeding dogs for hunting.

Interested in training my German Shorthair.

Hello from Denmark ! It pleases me no end that you have taken up tracking down injured animals and putting them out of their misery. It has been a law here in Denmark for many years that you have to report an injured animal to the police who then consult their list of authorized hunters and their dogs - schweiss dogs - and send out the one nearest to the reported accident in order to have the animal tracked down. I do blood tracking myself with my dogs if only as a sport as I am no hunter but I find it a very fulfilling sport for my hunting dogs who get to use their abilities even if they do not hunt. I see from the breeds that are listed that you use the "traditional" hunting dogs for this but why not use some of the great Nordic hunting spitz dogs? They are eminently suited for this kind of tracking. I myself have Carelian Bear Dogs but here we also use Norwegian Elkhounds, Swedish Elkhounds and Laikas.

I was very excited when I saw an article in a magazine and you had listed WI as a state that this was allowed. I am very interested in dog trailing and appreciate all that you do.

I really enjoyed my visit. A great site. I'll be back sometime soon.

Have been interested in your passion for many years. Would like to get more involved. Great site, will be talking to you. Looking for another DDP to get started with.

Hi. Great Site. Greetings from Germany.

hello from germany You have a very nice page

cool site keep it up.

Have enjoyed your web sight. Didn't Know about any tracker club until tonite. Have been doing this {tracking) for 20 some odd yrs. Keep up the good work. Do not like to see or hear of hurt or lost kills

I had been thinking what you are doing here for a long time and when I posted a question about using scent hounds on the leatherwall at stickbow.com I was told about your website here. Very nice!! I live a long way from NY but to support your efforts and to perhaps spark some interest here in British Columbia I will put a DSI Membership Application and a check in the mail for you. It can only be good to try. I have used Deutsch Kurzhaar for 17 years now as a Guide Outfitter and in December I brought a Slovensky Kopov pup from the Czech Republic. While hunting there I was very impressed with that breed and in Germany they (Schwarzwildbracke) are also doing very well on trials and in the field. Smile when hunting, Michael

Great site! I have a hanoverian hound, this is a great hunting breed too! -Charlie did not hunting, but he is a nice family dog. Look for his pictures, he is nice.

hi how everyone doing

Name: Skin Stollery
Email:rjsnls5@aol.com
Location: Piscataway, NJ usa
Date: Thursday, February 5, 2004 at 10:20:26
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In 1992 I bought a pup from Don And Penny on Christmas Eve. Ingrid was my pup's Mother. My Lea is now 11 years old and is just a joy to have.

I am looking for a wirehair dachshund pup to bloodtrail

I think its really great what you guys are doing for deer hunting. I know peaple who would just leave a deer if they lost the trail. Too me thats not being an ethicial hunter. I would also like more info on training. Thanks again

i think its a great idea! id love to have a tracking dog.

Thanks for the site. I can't wait for next season to come around. In California, the state is broken up into zones, and the tags for the best ones are by lottery. Still, unless you know a darn nice rancher, there are lottery zones that produce 100%. Hard to get, but worth the try!

I am very interested in getting involed into tracking dogs. I do have a cadahoula and a lab dog that i have trained for this,and would love to have a chapter started in my home town.

I really had a great visit! Happy Holidays!!

I recently had my first run in with Deer Search in November of this year. A friend of mine had hit a good buck and he hit it pretty hard, unfortunately, they bled it out and were unable to find the deer. A friend of mine told me that conservation may know somebody with dogs and I called and they gave me a number for a local deer search member. Three guys came with two dogs. They drove from over an hour away on a cold wet night to help us find that deer. Even though we were unsuccesful, I still cannot express the gratitude of how much it meant to me that someone was willing to donate their time and services to help me find a deer like that. I'm currently in the Navy and stationed in VA but you can bet that when I retire and build my home back in Upstate NY, I'll be getting involved and getting tracking dogs of my own, and try to keep on passing on the favor that was passed to me.

I live in west central Alabama and have a 6 mo. old yellow Lab (his name is Sam). He's already found 6 deer this year. 2 of the deer the hunter didn't really have a clue as to where it might be and the other 4 were already located. One of them I killed and then drug him about 80 yds. Of course Sam don't care if it is a drug out deer. He weighs close to 80 lbs now so he's a handful. Once if gets the scent of a shot deer it's amazing to see that nose hit the groundand his tail wagging sideways just a little as he moves out. I was afraid that he is too young on two of the deer as neither had any blood for about the first 250 yds out of the grass patches but I trusted his nose and finally I saw blood. Boy was I proud of that dog! This is my frist tracking dog and I hope that he stays around for a long time.

Great site. I will be receiving my Bloodhound puppy (from blood tracking stock) in March 04. I am trying to get a jump on training now. Your site will be very helpful. Thanks.

I was ready Buckmasters and read the piece DOG SEARCHING. LOVE IT !!! I've been telling people for years to use dog for wounded deer. Ihave always LOVED hunting and love hunting with dogs that can track game even more. Thanks for What You Do Jeff

I have A one year old black lab that I have been training. This is his first year tracking and he has found two deer so far this year. A doe and A seven pointer twenty inches wide.

I think your doing a good jod.

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Discovered article in "Buck Masters" Magazine and was actually thrilled to know of such an organization. I've spent many hours into many evenings over the past 25 years searching and attempting to recover wounded deer for friends and co-hunters. There's no feeling as the "satisfaction" of a complete hunt when a wonded deer is located and acquired. In the same sentence, I would state there's no feeling of "emptiness" and "dissapointment" as when a deer isn't recovered primarily due to careless mistakes made by the hunter. The use of dogs should be "required" as a last resort prior to giving up the search. Take it a step further...Upon investigation, if the hunter is at fault due to non-zeroed rifle, bad judgement of shot due to distance or obstruction, etc....they should be financially fined within the hunting clubs. One thing worse than an poacher and that's the hunter that wounds a deer and spends fifteen to thirty minutes searching for it as it then interferes with their time frame to prepare and set-up for the next hunt. If you wound it, you spend the day with that deer as opposed to hunting another. Thanks, Thomas W. Cannon - Hunter, Guide, and Instructor for the State of Alabama Hunter Safety Educational Program.

loved your article in dec. 2003 issue. here where i live we can use dogs to run deer. so i've owed some pretty good hounds in the past. i've had to (more than once) track wounded deer with one of my hounds on a leash. the best track dog i ever had was a bluetick hound named cisco. you could put him on a leash, show him the place where the the deer was shot( blood or not) he would drag you to the deer. sometimes the deer was dead an alot of times they were not.but i plan on trying to train a yellow lab to do the same. i hope he will be as good or better than ol' cisco who is chasing those big bucks in the sky now. just wanted to let you know what your doing is a good think and i think you've given me some good pointers(on training the lab) from your tips sections. again thanks and keep up the good work.

Greetings

Thanks for your help training my Black Lab he's found a couple already. The tips worked great. Shannon

Great organization. would love to start one here.I have had some great hunts tracking deer over the years.Have been out of it a couple years since my dog died but have a new one now and have started training. All hunters should love the idea and want to be involved.All states should allow at least leshed dogs..

THANKS FOR THE HELP ON GERALD BERRY DEER, ITS A SHAME WE DIDNT FIND IT. BUT WE ALL THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANKS AGAIN AL SARDINA FROM MAMAKATING HUNTING CLUB INC. WESTBROOKVILLE NEW YORK. P.S. STOP AND SEE US ANY TIME YOUR IN THE AREA.

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I just read your article in Buckmasters about your tracking dogs. This quick and humane way of finding deer I have been doing for some 28 years. I've used about every dog thinkable in trailing down deer. At present I train and use slow trail beagles to find down game. I have videos and experience that I would love to share with you in your organization. Since I've been using beagles, 14 years now I breed and train my own dogs. I would greatly like the chance to talk with you and see about becoming and member and finder.

SAW YOUR ARTICAL IN DECEMBER BUCKMASTERS,LOVED IT !!! THIS SERVICE NEEDS TO BE EVERYWHERE !! PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO GET THE "WHEELS TURNING" HERE IN IOWA. THANK YOU,RANDY.

I recently gutshot a large buck and was unable to track and retrieve it. I wished I had a dog to track the animal. A few days later I received the December 2003 issue of Buckmaster which had an article about tracking dogs. I'd like for you to email me with information on recovering an animal which has not left a blood trail due to being gutshot. I enjoyed your article and now I intend to acquire a dog and train it for the purpose of recoving the hard-to-track animals.

I saw you in Buckmasters magazine. The site was informative on training for my lab. She has already found two down deer without training. I guess it just natural(or luck). I'll try some of your tips,and hopefully get better. Thanks for the info.

Great site and great values . I will be back.If anyone wants to start this up in Ohio let me know. Till then I'LL work with my dogs and see if I have any talent here.

I think what you guys are doing is great. I hope that deer search will be allowed in new jersey soon!

I really love your web site. Keep it up. Guys uwa wu paw paw

Thank you deer search for finding my deer yesterday 11/09.I would not have found him without your help! Keep up the good work!!!!

Very interesting site. Recommended to all dog lovers

Great web site very informative

I took my 14 year old son to his hunters safety course at pleasant valleys trout and game club and ,one of the speakers was John Dillinger, we found him to be very informative and helpful, and would not hesitate calling if the situation arises.

VERY INFORMATIVE SITE. THINKING OF GETTING A LAB PUP AND START THE TRAINING. AVID BOWHUNTER

I lost a nice eight point Oct. 21, 03 search for three days no luck, any locals that have a dog that think they could help. Well known Leon road thanks.

i think what you do is a wonderful thing and i just might start my dogs on this.

Hey my name is Tyrel Wade I live in Indiana and on Oct.18 2003 I shot a very large 10pt buck. I shot and the buck ran and the arrow hit him in the loin near the spine.The buck left a good blood trail and layed down about 600yds from where i shot him but got up and left no trail after that and would like info to train my beagles to track deer. thank you

I am interested in using a dog in my job as an Alaska State Trooper to search for poached fish and wounded moose and bears. Great site!

Service dog handler,qualified deerstalker. great site, keep up the good work.

In Pa. we are not allowed to use dogs for tracking wounded deer, but I wish we could. I am a member of VDD-GNA and blood tracking is a part of our dog training. If you or anyone can help on trying to get Pa. to allow the use of dogs to blood trail wounded deer I would be interested in your comments.

What a fantastic site. I've been wanting to train a blood dog for a while, and that was just the incentive I needed. My deer stalking will never be the same again, I'm prepared to bet. Laurent.

Glad to see a site like this. I wish a friend had help two years ago. Lost a doe 20 yards from a wrong turn in the trail. Looked for two days.

Great, informative site. I will put a link on my website. Happy Hunting, Tim Baker

i have learned a lot just from your web page fine job well done

Deersearch provides a much needed service to Hunters and and the Non-Hunting Community.I don't think you can find anyone who is knowledgeable of Deersearch who woudn't agree.I didn't take long to convince me. The website is great for getting Deersearches message out. Thank You Harry Bustretsky

real nice

I have added a link to your site from our forum that caters to New York Hunters. Great site and service. You can view the thread pertaining to your site at http://pub188.ezboard.com/ffieldnwateroutdoorsfrm13.showMessage?topicID=2.topic

Thank you do a good service for hunters.

I found this web site very interesting and informative.

Great job, guys! You should definitely keep updating this site.

It was a very interesting read. Learned a lot more then I thought. And any help to reduce lost game is a very good Idea.

Ilive in Missouri and would like to train my dog to trail wounded deer, and I need some help doing it. Thanks for the great work at recovering deer. Steady

nice site

My daughter is doing her 5th grade research paper on Dachshunds (as we are currently owned by 2 Std Longhairs). I was giving her ideas on what acitivities owners do with their dogs and she needed info on Deer Search & Rescue. Keep up the good work. You are benefiting more than the wounded game by allowing these incredible dogs to do what they were bred to do!

Trying to find wirehaired dachshund in florida no miniture. Please help

Deersearch, Deersearch, Deersearch; You are providing a very valuable service to wildlife. Also I would like to take NY State Tracking Dog License test. I have the application and would like to take the test on the 22nd of August. Would you know where I can purchase a study guide to prepare me for the written test.

Great website!

nice site, thank you

nice site, thank you!

Great website ! I am in the process of purchasing a bluetick puppy to train to blood trail. Not many people I know of use them but I love the breed. Thanks for all the info.

Wanted to let you know that I had surfed through - great site!! Keep up the good work, Jay

It is a great site, good information, I'm working with dackel longhair dappel miniture, and all my doxie (7) are certificated for the bloodtrail (DTK) SchwhK-20/40, also for underground, a perfect dachshund(s) GO ON!!!

Hope everyone be kind to animals.

thanks you guys keep it up.

I would be interested in joining your tracking program in my area.

Great site! Very well done!

I'm just getting into the blood tracking thing. I really find your site very helpful

A great site! Very interesting to read how You train Your dogs. I have a Hannoverscher Schweisshund as I use to track elk with in the huntingseason.

Great Site! Stumbled onto it while looking up breeds of dogs to use for tracking wounded deer. Lots of really useful information about the "art" of deer tracking and what breeds of animals to use.

I think this organization is very postive for the humane kindness for the animal to reduce suffering.Keep up the great work..

Hello! My husband loves to hunt. He has hunted with dogs before and he says its a Rush. He also still hunts. With the dog hunts - the dogs chase the deer and then help you look for the deer. He says it makes it easier. But, when he comes home with the scent of blood my dachshund goes crazy. Now, I know why. I had no idea that dachshund were also used in deer hunts. Nice website! Alot of info. P.S. I'm looking for a female wirehair. I can't find any here in the Charleston area. Please email me if anyone knows who might be selling puppies. Thanks!!

Deer Search Inc. is a great organization. Your website is great, the pictures are great, the information is great, and you are providing your fellow hunters with a great service. I applaud you for that.

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I show and judge dachshunds as well as deerhunt. I would consider trying to get a group going in this area . They could be very usefull for the managed hunts where only bow hunting is allowed.

I am a bowhunter and have had an interest in using dogs for blood trailing. I hope to get some good training information and make a decision about what breed would best serve my purpose. I have helped people track wounded deer with conventional methods and have gotten several calls over the years. I see a dog as a great addition with much greater potential for success.

As I am interested in teaching my dogs to track I was surfing the net for info and came across your site. I am very impressed as in this country many land owners just shoot and leave thier kills where they drop or worse leave the injured to die in the bush. after reading your site I will give thought to training my dogs to track wounded game (usualy Kangeroos), maybe then I can make a difference in my imediate area. ( when I shoot Roos it is usualy for dog food and I only ever do head shots. A miss then is a clean miss.If you have any advice in this idea I would be greatful. Regards Kevin

I am encouraged by your website. I always wanted to train a blood dog. I recently purchased two Mountain Cur pups, which I hope to train. I hope they work out, they are a smart breed. Ive had good results with the breed for other hunting purposes.

GREAT WEB SIGHT. I WISH TRACKING DOGS WERE ALLOWED IN PA. IF YOU KNOW HOW TO GET IT LEGALIZED IN PA LET ME KNOW. THAT WOULD BE A GREAT ASSET TO HAVE. THERE ARE A LOT OF HUNTERS IN PA. AND A LOT OF GAME LOST. THANKS.

Great site for informations about german breeding of dachshunds ore the german way of tracking bloodlines contect me>!

I think meat is unnecessary for human health but hunting is the most humane method of obtaining it. It is good that deer and bears are not left to die in the woods a slow painful death due to a mistake that cause it not to die. The bigger the horns though the more important the deer is to the group and is best left unwounded. I urge everyone to go for the young stupid deer. Please. and for DSI, the deer appreciate you.

I REALLY ENJOY YOU,RE SHOW VERY MUCH WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT COME TO KENTUCKY AND HOW WOULD I EVERY GET THE CHANCE TO HUNT WITH YOU I,VE SEEN WHERE YOU HAVE DIABLE PEOPLE ON HOW WOULD I GO ABOUT THAT I SURE WOULD LIKE TO HUNT WITH YOU WHEN YOU GET THE CHANCE PLEASE E MAIL ME BACK THANK YOU VERY MUCH GARY S.

Hello, just found your site in a search engine, keep up the good work. Greetings from Germany

I have found DSI very informative. I only wish I had found this web page sooner. On dec,10 I shot a 140 to 145 inch whitetail that I have looked for for three days and have found nothing but a memory. I was wondering if you or someone out there might have the knowledge of where I can find a male bloodhound already trained for blood trailing. If so contact me at the E-Mail address above. Once again I would like to say that this web page has been and I hope to continue to be very informative. Thank You.

Great cause, Great site. I can think of two occasions that I could have really used your services.

I do a weekly live 2 hour radio show focused on hunting and fishing .... aired in Cleveland Ohio and Columbus Ohio on the major sportstalk stations in their market... 7am - 9am. My partner on the air is D'Arcy Egan.. outdoor editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and my other on air personality is with the Ohio Division of Wildlife... I'd love to talk to someone about your organization live on the air... I own labs.... never used them for deer tracking ... although I can see how they might be very effective... I can be reached: outdoorsradio@aol.com or by cell phone at 440-915-1295 or call me at home 440-582-8734

thank you to all of you who care. we NEED this in indiana.

I am in a deer club in S.E. Va.. There are a lot of lost deer due to the fact we run hounds. Not to mention just poor shooting skills. The latter bugs me the worst. However, I am currently verrrrrry intrested in starting a dog. I have raised over 75 hounds for chasing live game. I know raising a dog for this purpose will benifit me and my club,friends ect. a ton more than the 75 hounds I have started for running deer...

I've had experience twice with lost deer & both times a friend of mine & his 2 wirehairs were able to find them, it did take some time, but it works! I will search your site to find out how to make a donation, That is all.

This site was informative. My husband and I are interested in purchasing a wire haired dachshund puppy with a blood tracking background. We have made contact with the Jeanneny's and Mr. Al Diehl, with no success in finding a puppy at this time. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thank You, Jennifer

I like this site. I just got a bloodhound and you guys are helping me train her. If i only knew how to get her interested in trailing a crippled deer instead of a live deer

Great site. We're looking to find a German Wirehair dachshund and become involved with deer search.

Great site, would like to know if there is something similar in Ontario, Canada

Great site! I'm looking for a Mountain View Cur puppy. If anyone knows of any breeders in Canada please contact me.

What a great organization, is there anything similar in Ontario, Canada?

could have used you guys in 2001 great people to know about

this is good thing to have for hunters thanks!

COOL

Good organization and an excellent idea.

A frindly reminder to visiting members, DEC 01 dead line for membership dues! We sure are busy here in Texas, many calls but the weather is still 50 to 60 in the mornings and 69 to 79 degrees in the evenings, still hot for hunting but it's Texas! We hope this message finds everyone in the best of health and spirits. Be careful out there when tracking and hunting. Kevin & Stacey Breaux Vom Klaren Bach Kennel Copperas Cove, TX http://www.geocities.com/az1f/1.html?989889391530

You guys are awesome, I have used your services years ago. This is my first visit to your web site,..didnt even know you still existed.

My wife runs a canine rescue, I maybe interested in adopting a dog breed with the traits necessary to become a deer traking dog. What kinds do you recommend, temperment, etc. How do you train them?

I am interested in purchasing a deer tracking dog. If you could contact me will information as to who may have them it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Thanks for the tips I was looking for a way to get started on training and what type of breeds work well and as it turns out I already have a good breed to start working with.(golden retriever 8 months old.Is there any one from Central Mishigan area doing this.

My son is a professional guide working for Mossy Oak here in Alabama. He just received a small terrier to use as a deer tracking dog. From all accounts, this little fellow is excellent at what he does. My son said that the breed is known as a Volce or something like that. Tried to look this up but found nothing. He said the dog is small, around 30 pounds with black curly hair and brown markings on his face.Any idea as to what it is?

Great site. I am on my second round of training a blood dog. My first was a Walker and was great. This time I am going with a half Walker and half Lab. I have been eyeing those Jagdterriers as they look really good. I just need one closer to South Texas.

EXCELLENT WEB-SITE!!! VERY INFORMATIVE AND ENLIGHTENING! NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, WE TRIED TO CALL ALBANY FOR AN APPLICATION AND THE PHONE NUMBER HAS BEEN CHANGED TO 518-457-2728 WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING A DOG FROM JOHN & JOLANTA JEANNENEY, AND ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF JOINING DEER SEARCH AND GETTING OUR LICENSE TO TRACK. I'M ALSO VERY INTERESTED IN AN EFFORT TO GETTING THE DEER SEARCH ORGANIZATION LEGISLATED IN OTHER STATES.

HATS OFF.

You helped a friend of Mine (Ed Damm) Find a lost buck and think you provide a great, not to mention humane service. Your voluntary work should get MUCH more praise.

I am sending my application out soon to join DeerSearch. My lab is having puppies approx.Nov 13 , I will be keeping a puppy from the litter to train. If anyone else is interested in one of the pups to use for this purpuse feel free to E-mail me and under subject just put deersearch. This is a fantastic organization made up of very generous people. Thanks to you all :)

I thought you said Sabina, wasn't sure how to spell it. Great dog, thanks again!

Thanks, to John and Sebrina (?), I slept well last night!

Excellent info on deer dogs, Im in the process of training some 9 mo. old pups half blood hounds. Getting ready for this deer season. Thanks

Excellent info on training deer dogs, I'm in the process of training some 9 mo. old pups half blood hounds. Getting ready for this deer season. Thanks

wish i did this before i lost that big 10 pointer, such a horibble feeling, hope that feeling never get's better....

Love the Web SITE! Could someone help on info on training my 1-1/2 year old Golden Retriever? This is the 1st year I will be bow hunting with a bow after 40 years hunting with a rifle.

Really good one

I've been looking for an organization like this. I hate to think that I've wounded an animal and have to leave it to suffer. I would love to be a paert of it.

Sorry about the blip. My computer went down. As I was saying, I lost the deer of a lifetime. I wish I had known about your organization then. I would gladly have paid $1000 to have been able to retreive that animal. Losing him was a terrible waste of a magnificent animal. Unless you have wounded and then been unable to find him, you cannot know how physically sick it will make you. After that experience, I made a vow that I would develop and train a dog to blood trail wounded deer. I have tried to find information on training and on breed selection but have found very lttle information. Your site is very interesting and informative. I hope to hear from your members and would be interested in their ideas regarding the best breed of dog for this task. I have a Jack Russell Terrier, but she has very little interest in using her nose to hunt. Thanks for starting this organization. I'm sure there are many grateful hunters out there whose stories had much happier endings than mine.

January 13, 2002, I arrowed my buck of a lifetime. He was a 14 point that my hunting buddy and I had seen 4 times during the 200/2001 season. I heard the deer fall about 100 yards behind my stand. eer. It was nearly dark when I got to the ground, and I couldn't find my arrow. We waited till the following morning to try to track the buck and awoke to find a biting blowing snow storm had moved in. We hunted for the deer and finally found the last 8 inches of the arrow where the buck had broken it off after falling a second time. We searched for two solid days and never found the buck.

Awesome

Nice site

Nice site

Really useful and valuable web site. Good work!

very good website, be back soon, just cruising around

Good work

Really great work

great site

great site

Very good site!

Wow!

blood trailing a wounded deer is rewarding, but having a dog that can trail one and find it is more rewarding

Nice site

Hey guys, ilove huntin and fishin too, as i grew my son up to do it with me too.i went to the rutland fair talked to stephen shaw from chittenden first time i,d ever heard of you guys. think its exceptional. he has a wired haired dashound and i have a long haired, we got bullin it. i believe louie could if his could. haha anyways i talk with a woman on the web, from dogsinthe news.com, we write all the time. so don,t be surprised if she doesn,t do a column on ya someday and the dogs. it would be good this fall after the hunt to get in touch with her, or i and i,ll send it in for ya,it would be good to get more advertisin for ya. they did articles on the dogs from 9-11. they all love their dogs too. hope i could help. good all around. thanks maybe someday i,ll join with Louie.haha. i had 4 gen.of beagles the last 2 were waterspaniel mix. beauitful and smartand good hunters. loved them all. take care and if i can help in anyway let me know thanks mary

LIKE I SEAD I LOVE YOUR WEB. IF ANY BODY OUT THERE CAN HELP IN TELLING ME THE BEST WAY TO TRAIN MY BLOODHOUND FOR TRACKING. I THINK HE WOULD BE A EX.PUBLIC SERVICE DOG FOR FINDING LOST LOVE ONE'S CT.HAS VERY FEW DOG;S IN THAT FIELD AND I WOULD LOVE TO OFFER MY SERVICE FOR FREE IF NEEDED. MY PUP IS A YEAR OLD. AND IS VERY SMART. THANK;S JOHN BAREFOOT MERIDEN CT. TEL 203.440-1074

LIKE I SEAD I LOVE YOUR WEB. IF ANY BODY OUT THERE CAN HELP IN TELLING ME THE BEST WAY TO TRAIN MY BLOODHOUND FOR TRACKING. I THINK HE WOULD BE A EX.PUBLIC SERVICE DOG FOR FINDING LOST LOVE ONE'S CT.HAS VERY FEW DOG;S IN THAT FIELD AND I WOULD LOVE TO OFFER MY SERVICE FOR FREE IF NEEDED. MY PUP IS A YEAR OLD. AND IS VERY SMART. THANK;S JOHN BAREFOOT MERIDEN CT. TEL 203.440-1074

LOVE YOUR WEB SITE I AM LOOKING FOR SOME INFO ON TRANING MY YEAR OLD BLOODHOUND TO TRACK IF ANYBODY CAN HELP. THANKS

What do you all think about Bassethounds? Did John Jeanneney finish his book?

Cool Site

I love the tips you give on training dogs and the pics you ad with the the articles this is helping me out alot with training my pup, thanks alot!

WE FINALLY GOT A COMPUTER AND LOGGED ON TO DEER SEARCH I MISS BEING OUT ALL TIMES OF THE NIGHT TRACKING DEER AND RUNNING THRU SWAMPS AND LOOKING FOR WOUNDED DEER YOU WEB SITE AND PICTURES WHERE VERY NICE TO SEE AND BROUGHT BACK LOTS OF GOOD MEMORIES OF BEING A DEER SEARCH MEMBER YOU HAVE A GREAT ORG. WELL KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND GOOD LUCK WITH THE UP COMING SEASON.

Good site. Helpful information. Have any of you blood trailed elk?

AWSOME WEBSITE, I AM FROM INDIANA AND WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A PROGRAM LIKE THIS AROUND HOME. I AM WORKING ON TRAINING ONE OF MY DOGS NOW,THANKS FOR YOUR HELP ON THE WEBSITE.

Nice site you have here, we use German Huntinterriers for traking wounded animals with, you should try them.

I am looking forward to the June meeting in West Falls. I am very eager to spend some time this fall in the woods with my favortie wire haired little buddy, Jasper! We own 3 Dachshunds, they are they BEST dogs I have ever had. I am an avid deer hunter, and as such I realize that even the best shots can lead to unseen hurdles during the recovery process. I am looking forward to learning how to best handle Jasper, and can't wait for his first victory afield. Thanks much, Phil

We have beagles, one is older that I trained for deer tracking 10 years ago , and he has found many wounded deer over the years. We have a puppy 4months old that we will begin training soon to take his place. I can't say enough about the ability of beagles to trail wounded deer, they are wonderful and make great companions as well.

Hello Guys! Congratulattions by the webb site. i offer my help for all people like a Grear hunting in Argentine . Regards...Mariano

You have a very nice site and will come back soon to see it again

great website ,have 2 dashoundz cannot wait to "find" some blood so i canstart trainin' the pup, he sure acts right for a good trainee, if I (me, myself,&I )can get the handler part down... sounds almost to good to be.... sounds like happier hunting for sure.

I THINK YOU HAVE A GREAT SITE WITH LOTS OF INFO. YOU HAVE ENOUGH INFO THAT A DUMMY COULD READ IT AND FIND A DEER.THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, KEEP IT UP SO US DUMMYS CAN KEEP FINDING OUR DEER.

GREAT SITE !!! I FOUND THIS SITE TO HAVE ALOT MORE INFORMATION THAN I EXPECTED, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS OUT HERE ON LONG ISLAND AS WE OVER POPULATED WITH DEER.

Great site with a great purpose. We have trial labs, so you weren't exactly the site we were looking for, but I thought I'd still say you have a neat idea here!

Hey folks.I have been interested in tracking dogs for lost game for some time now.I have also read articles concerning yalls fine organization.I hope to obtain a dog of my own in the future.Keep up the good work.

this is the first I have heard of Deer Search, Inc as an avid deer hunter and my love of bow hunting I have felt the heart break of a lost animal. What a great program

Im in a club ,with hunts deer with dogs. We killed 49 this year. In anson county near pee dee wild life refuge.The best dogs in the club are begels .We have some dig dogs not to good.

I read about your organization in Dog World many years ago and wondered if you were still active. Glad to see you are and it appears you are growing. I am a native upstate NY'er transplanted to Maine for 32 years and a search and rescue dog handler for the last 19. The work is similar and the conditions the same.

hEY COOL SITE U GIVE ALOT OF GOOD INFO KEEP IT UP

hi! I am an otterhound Perry (3,5 years) and i practice tracking elk´s here in finland...

I used to use our german shepard to track my hard to find deer that I shot with a bow but sence he died I have to rely on what he tought me. LOL Wish you guys were in MD.

GREAT SITE, I TRAINED A WALKER HOUND SOME YEARS BACK FOR TRAILING WOUNDED DEER. CANCER CAUSED ME TO HAVE TO PUT HIM DOWN, BUT WE HAD SOME GOOD HUNTS TOGETHER. BEST OF LUCK TO THOSE STARTING OUT WITH RETRIEVING WOUNDED GAME. IF PEOPLE WOULD SPEND TIME AT THE PRACTICE RANGE, WE PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE A NEAR AS MANY WOUNDED ANIMALS LOST.

I'am looking for a smaller breed dog for tracking wounded deer Being a bow hunter I have found it difficult to find anyone to track deer in this area.

HI, I LIVE IN MASS. COULD YOU TELL ME IF THERE IS ANYONE LIVING IN MASS. THAT IS CURRENTLY A MEMBER OR CAN TELL ME MORE ON THE LAWS IN MY STATE?

love your site been using blood hounds for trailing but he died didnt know a little dochund would be so good

I appreciate the information on your sight. I am just considering getting a dog for tracking as I do a lot of archery hunting. I prefer the sporting breeds like setters, spaniels, and retrievers. Would the Springer Spaniel be a good tracking dog?

Great website with lots of interesting info. Always a joy to visit and view whats new, keep up the good work.

Interested in a jagdterrier or beagle/elkhound mix.Thanks in advance. Richard in Michigan

Every year I assist in trying to find wounded deer. Serious about a dog now.

I HUNT IN LLANO TEXAS & HAVE LOST 2 DEER IN THE LAST TO YEARS.

I have a black lab that is 1 year old and I just wondering if that is to old to teach my dog to learn how to track wounded deer. This past season I lost two deer because of lack of blood or the weather did not permit. I also want to know if the state of Mississippi allows to use dogs on a leash to track wounded deer or how can I find out. Thanks, Joey Hill

My sons and I are avid deer hunters. Fortunately over the years we have lost only one known hit deer, but that is too many. We tried a local dog advertised as being able to track deer, but the experience was not satisfactory. The dog simply was not a tracker. I would like to train my own dog. How old is too old for a dog to begin the training process?

First of all, congratulations on doing a humane and undoubtedly a very essential job. Big Game Hunting and the use of good tracking dogs should be a hunters obligation when other methods of finding your wounded game are futile. I am retired now but my love of the Hunt and everything associated with Hunting including Dogs has not dimminished in over 45 years. You will be hearing more from me. Please send me a list of any members you may have in the area of Hancock, NY. Thanks

Great site ,i would love to hear from some of your members about training the dogs as i have a 6 month old Teckel in which i,m about to start training .

i am wanting to buy either a jagdterrier or a patterdale pup in NE or near NE. please email me with names of any breeders of either of these dogs near me. thanks

Found The whole site to be very informative.We are thinking on training and joining D.S.I. In our region there are almost no trackers to speak of in The Southern Tier.

Hi, you have very good sites! I just linked them to ours named Suomen Metsästysjäljestäjät, that means something like "Hunting Trackers Association of Finland" (it is not yet officially translated. Our association is quite new it was founded last spring (2001), but we are aiming almost same goal as you are there in States. Perhaps we can change information in future. Our sites are unfortunately only in Finnish, but we'll translate them also later in English. Best wishes to your valuable work with tracking dogs. We use to track also deers, but mainly elks and now a days also bears and boars.

You guys do nice work. Thanks for your efforts. Dave

If there are any experienced trackers in northern MI or WI, I would love to here from you. I have a good pup but limited tracking experience. I could use some help training him.

Great site and most importantly, service. In a way it's a shame that it is needed, but it is great to know that many fewer deer are going to waste. Keep up the good work. If they ever entertaine the idea of allowing us to use dogs to legally track wounded deer in the mountains of WNC,I'll be there to get involved with our Black Mouth Curs. They still use dogs to hunt deer down east though. We still use them to hunt bear, hogs, coon and squirrels up here.

I really enjoyed this site. I used to have a Long-haired Daschund that was THE BEST RABBIT DOG I ever hunted with. She would out work all the beagles that ever hunted with us. She was a better jump dog and trail dog than any dog I have ever hunted with. She only barked if she actually saw the rabbit. I would be interested in a wire=haired Daschund.

What a site......My brother-in-law could of used a blood tracker a few weeks ago he lost a 12 pointer....Now I hope that I can train my two Aussies for it

I am very interested in obtaining a blood tracking dog, I would appreciate any help in obtaining a good blood trailing dog, i would like to obtain a beagle pup and learn to train him myself. Your site is outstanding!

I am an avid deer hunter and planning this year to train a dog to find wounded deer. I like this site--lots of good info.

Here in Texas, having dogs locate deer is illegal in most counties. I wish that law would change. I just got me the cutest little hunting pup you ever saw, and can only take her in some counties to track deer. Thanks for the training info!

I was wondering if you knew of any place in vermont were i can buy / get info on a deer dog?

I live in ST.PAUL MN,I have been useing my dog to track deer and bear for about 2yr.I was wondering if any one in my area had interest in starting some kind of group

I live in ST PAUL MN.I have been using my dog to track deer and bear for about 2yr,i was wondering if any one in my area had any interest in starting some kind of group.

I was looking for a tracking service. I hit a nice buck yesterday 11/21/01. I have a good visible blood trail for 50-60 yards then nothing easily visible. I was looking for someone with a dog who might be willing to help. I found your site very intersting and bookmarked it. I might someday be interested in getting a dog that could do this work and being a qualified handler.

I'm interested in training a 1 1/2 year old beagle for locating wounded deer...any suggestions?? Any pro's or con's with using a beagle?

I am interested in learning to train a dog to trail deer, but I have no idea which dog would be sufficient for my needs. If you have any ideas they would be greatly appreciated.

Why in some states are you not alowed to use a dog to help you recover deer,and is there any to do to change this foolish law

great to know such an organization exists. I was wondering do you guys come anywhere near Greenwich Conneticut? Please let me know we could have used you guys already. thank you and keep up the good work.

What a great organization. To bad many hunters do not know about you, there would be less lost deer.

I have had the pleasure of working with one of your trackers while living out in New York a few years ago (93-94). Last evening I was involved with an extended search which would have been made a lot easier if I we had been able to utilize a Deer Search trained dog with tracker. I am writing to see if there is anyone interested is starting a group here in Minnesota. I now have land available to be able to start training and have several friends who have expressed interest in starting a group. Please e-mail me if interested. Thanks

IT IS A HUGE RELIEF TO FIND SUCH A CONCIENTIOUS WEBSITE. YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB IN CREATING AWARENESS OF THE INHUMANE RESULTS OF A DERR HUNTER WHO IS NOT TRAINED TO TRACK WOUNDED KILL. THANK YOU!!!

I hit the biggest deer in my life today and I cant find it. I could really use your help. Please contact

I just heard about deer search today, and after working with a deer search dog and viewing your web, I can't wait to become part of your team. There is a real need. I raise Labradors that have great potential for this use.

Nice web site.A friend of mine hit a deer this bow season he had a high hit we lost blood he has two bloodhounds but the deer smell is so abundant the dogs were confuesed.Any suggestions??

I've been using my dog for several years to recover deer. She is 1/2 elkhound and 1/2 beagle. She has gotten quite good and has been successful in 14 of her last 15 attempts. Some of these recoveries were very easy and I didn't really need a dog, but it is good practice for her. She is now having some medical problems. Therefore I am ready to get a puppy and would love to have another dog that is 1/2 elkhound and 1/2 beagle or bloodhound. Anyone out there have any leads on such a dog ? Thanks in Advance, Richard

Hi, In our bootleg' tracking adventures this year, Thing's aren't going well. We tracked 1 hi hit buck between lung and spine. He bled good the first 200 yards, then completely stopped. We trailed 20 hours after the hit. The buck never bedded before we lost blood. How many hi hit deer normally survive? No one has found him in the last 3 weeks. No one has seen him alive either. He was 1 of the trophies' hanging very close; locally. My other search was on a gut/liver hit. The archer was shooting re-curve with a primitive 1 blade broad head. After the hit the buck bedded 50 yds from him. He jumped the buck when searching. He called me, 4 hours later. We started searching. Where he seen the buck out of bed, the dog found blood 10 yds from that point. We searched for 3 hrs, no more visible blood, the dog was confused. 3 days' later, He found the buck 100 yds away, stinky, with buzzard's circling. I wondered how many problems you encounter when the gut's plug the in or exit wound, not allowing blood to drop, for the dog to scent? His buck died on the run. I would be glad to hear of previous experiences involving hi hit deer, and gut plugging hits. What are survival chances? My son and I shot 3 doe so far. All of them died within 100 yards, with an easy trail to follow, no dog necessary. They were good training aids! I guess nothing beats a double lung shot?

After shooting the biggest deer in my life, and not being able to find it...Im ready to get a dog and train it! Here in Tennessee,never heard about anyone blood tracking but thought it would be a great ideal! So now Im looking for a good dog. Thinking beagle..any suggestions from anyone starting with success on breeds for this area please email me. Great website!! Wish you could get more publicity!! Thanks Deer Search! Todd

Great Web Site! Lots of Info!

I have a couple of Chocolate Labs and I'm in the process of training them to locate wounded deer. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Great web site! Ithink I`ll train my German Sheperd pup to track. She is 12 weeks old and appears to be very intelligent. Tracking sounds real interesting and fun. Keep up the good work.