question for hunters (who use dogs)?

Question

When hunting dogs are used are they allowed to hurt the animal chased (ie, bite, attack or kill the animal hunted)?

Do they merely back the animal into a corner, not touch it at all & wait for the hunter to come and do that job himself?

How do the dogs fetch the hunter to let him know an animal has been caught?

How many dogs are usually used to hunt?

I'm asking b/c we have to write a story from the point of view of a deer in a story we read (The Deer of Providencia)

TDOP begins with travelers who see a deer roped to a tree. The deer was caught by village dogs. (The village is in Providencia, Ecuador and perhaps the hunting system there is different than in the US) The deer is still alive and throughout the story goes through a lot of agony while roped to the tree before finally dying. (leading me to wonder what role the dogs played and how the hunters managed to get the deer tied to the tree in the 1st place)

Any help is appreciated. Dont turn this into a debate.

The villagers in DOP hunted it for eating purposes not sport and maybe that makes a difference in how it was hunted, what role the dogs played etc.

Idk anything about hunting but I always assumed hunting dogs killed their prey right away? Idk why the villagers didn't just kill the deer right away either.

And if it's possible could anyone explain the trap used on the deer to me? (it was roped to a tree by it's neck and had 3 feet caught in the same rope. When ppl released its trapped legs, the deer scratched at neck with its hooves and instantly snared its forelegs in the rope again) I just wanted to know what kind of trap was used and was the deer hanging upside down? "The deer lay on its side at the rope's very end, so the rope lacked slack to let it rest its head in the dust." - quote that might help

And how on earth did the hunters get it up there? Did they drag the deer to the tree after the dogs chased it to a corner? I just want to write a really good paper. Thanks!

Answer 1

probably a fictional story, but some of the questions:
1) dogs are usually trained NOT to hurt the animal anymore than a sheep dog is to sheep. it is bred and trained to track and either (a) corner or (b) force the animal to hunters.
2) dogs have a different bark, they usually bay when on scent, or animal is tree/cornered/found. unless is a fowl dog which it carries it back without damaging the dead bird.
3) as many as you can control I suppose, I've seen up to 12 dogs be used before, or as little as one...depends on the game...we had 2 redbones for deer.
as a minor note, the deer may have been tied to the tree for training purposes, IE to teach the dogs to track whatever. now in the US we may not have the animals to kill the deer...but then again in another country where the people are maybe poor or cannot afford a gun or whatnot, maybe they want the animal to take down the deer as well. not having read your story this is the best answer I can give.

Answer 2

Wow,thats a big question.I cant account for hunting methods in Ecuador but I can tell you that some people here in the U.S use dogs to push deer towards waiting hunters.If the dogs do manage to catch the deer im sure they would kill it.Dogs used for hunting wild boar try to corner the animal or run it to exaustion so the following hunters can come in for the kill,they travel long distances sometimes and the dog handelers can tell at what part of the hunt the dogs are at by the sounds of there barks and howls,lets say the dogs are on the run after a boar,they sound different then than the would if they had the boar cornered,the same way for bear hunting here to.

Answer 3

The story that you are reading has no relationship to hunting game here in America.* #1 I don't believe it is a true story to begin with.* Hunting game with different Breeds of Dogs is to trail or track and retrieve animals that the hunter is attempting to harvest for a trophy or eating or both depending on what animal you are hunting.* The Dog aids and assists the hunter in locating and trailing and retrieving the game he is pursuing.* Only under special circumstances will the hunting dog defend its self against wounded or cornered game.*

Answer 4

Best I can find is a fictitious story of dramatization. Otherwise the story is different from methods used in the U.S.

Answer 5

You are describing pack hunting for large game. I just use dogs for flushing birds or retrieving them.