i have 2 beagles that i hunt with. what is the best way to break them from running deer while they are hunting

Question

one is 2 years old and the other is 4 they had not been hunted in over a year and i just started with them. I have a shock collar but unsure what setting to use

Answer 1

I have a few beagles myself and worry about this very problem whenever I see a deer while out running bunnies. This is what I have done. I see the deer while hunting and call the dogs to me to try to keep them away from the deer. If they follow the deer and open up I will use the ecollar pretty hard almost the highest setting for them to know that running deer is not a good idea. I have also heard of people being more proactive and put the dog on a hot deer track to set up a chase then use the ecollar. I just had a couple dogs try to run deer yester day and I gave them a bit of the ecollar and got them back hunting the bunnies to make sure they knew I wanted them to hunt still just not deer. I have a another good website for beaglers http://rabbithuntingonline.com/ go to the bullet board and ask this same question and you will get some other great answers. I have learner alot from this site.

Answer 2

My dad and I used to have beagles before shock collars were available.

We used two different ways
1. Drug deer scent on the ground and then took the dogs for a walk. As soon as they crossed the scent, if they as much blinked we'd beat the holy crap out of them.

2. You put a fresh deer hide in a barrel at the top of a hill. You put the dog in and you roll him down the hill.
I know a guy who used to go to the laundrymat and do the same thing --- I wouldn't use your own lol

No matter what method you use, beagles have a mind of their own. It only makes worse when you add another dog to the mix.
Best thing to do is hunt places that have a lot of rabbits and keep their minds on them.

But all beagles will run deer and there's not a whole lot you can do about it years ago. Shock collars help now. However you really don't know if a dog's running after a deer or if he just jumped a rabbit.

Answer 3

A set of shocking collars works best. Take them to a field where deer are feeding and let them see the deer most likely they are running them on sight and not scent. Turn them loose always yell no to them before shocking them I have shocking collars where you adjust the intensity right on the transmitter so i just keep going up until they get the message. If you do think they are running on scent just walk them through a field where you know the deer have just been and if they show interest swat them in the end of the nose with the end of a leash. It will probably take a bit to get them broke from running trash being as they are 2 and 4 , but that should work. Sometimes in the beginning of summer our bear hounds will run a deer that gets up in front of them but that's after not running on anything for 3 or 4 months and just a swat in the nose and a kick to the rear fixes them right back up. So I'm assuming if these dogs have hunted any amount of time before it shouldn't take long to tune them up.

Answer 4

I have hunted with my beagles all my life, and when they chase Deer they are only doing what comes naturally, it is instinctive and therefore not a bad thing that they do it.* They need to be corrected and taught not to chase Deer.* I broke mine by getting in between them and the Deer they were chasing, and striking them on the butt with a light switch while saying no, no, no, no no,no, no,no...* It has always worked to correct them without harming or hurting them.* I never had to do it more than once.* Some beagles will chase Deer & some never will. Those that do need to be shown and disciplined, that this is unacceptable behavior & will not be tolerated. I have Hunted with many Beagles, but only ever had two (2)* that chased Deer until I corrected them using this method or approach which got them to stop doing it.* It will not work if they do not know or understand what the meaning of the word NO means or the word Bad Dog when used by you.*

Answer 5

The issue is that dogs are poor generalizers - it's not that the dog is "sneaky, greedy" etc, but that they have no intrinsic sense of morality or "rightness" and so only think something is "bad" if it has bad consequences. If it has never had bad consequences except with a human in the room, then how on earth are they to know that the rules still apply with the human out of the room? You need to train in such a way that corrections and rewards occur when the dog does not think you are present - i.e. hiding around the corner. Read here https://tr.im/rn8fI

I personally owned a Labrador Retriever (read: chow hound) that could be left 6" from a hot dog in a sit-stay for half an hour and not touch it - the word was "mine" and it meant that you don't touch that, even if I am not in the room, even if whatever, you DO NOT touch that. You could leave a plate of food on the floor for hours and not only would she not touch it, she would also keep the other animals (dogs and cats) from touching it.

In all probability, these dogs studied were just not properly trained/proofed before the experiment. With "proofing" to set them up and catch them in the act to give

Answer 6

My father used to raise beagles, and he always trained them to hunt rabbits. Once they got into rabbits, they always went after rabbits, as far as I recall. Beagles running deer I've not heard about. Somehow they've gotten it into their heads that when they go out with you they're after deer. Maybe you can set up a rabbit (or whatever you want them to hunt) so they get the scent of rabbit (or whatever), and go after those animals.

Answer 7

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