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I am just wondering if anyone has ever hunted with a Deutsch Drahthaar for Coyotes? or Fox? If so please give me some of your experience's with the dog
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I am thinking of buying another dog, and from what I have been reading, these dogs are trained in special ways to track pretty much anything you want to hunt.
 
Yes they are. A friend of mine has one, and it is like 6 months old and I have not seen it work. But another friend of mine is getting a 2 year old and they are not cheap. He is paying almost $2000. Here is the site I was reading about the training and I can see why he is paying alittle more http://www.vdd-gna.org/
 
I use both a DD and a GWP for decoy/denning/smashing coon ect... They will put a coyote down quick but are not bullet proof. My male is 12 and my female is 10 so I'll be looking for another before too long. I've used them for fur since they were pups. They also are great bird hunters as well.

Here's some pics.

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Recent fur/feather trip to ND. Bud, Drathhaar is the liver and specked one. Maggie, GWP, is the black and white one. They worked as decoys, bird dogs, and catch dogs all on the same trip. Also pictured is Shorty, a Mtn Cur, and my 2 Jagdterriers Bruno and Britta.

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Maggie in a brushpile trying to get into the action. I use them to catch any fur that bolts from the Jagd Terriers.

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Maggie and Shorty, Mtn Cur, catching a coon that bolted and choose open ground instead of facing the terriers.

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Maggie retrieving a called and decoyed coyote. She loves to retrieve fur.

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Bud and a trapped Grey Fox. They also work on the trapline finding scent and locating coyotes on drags.

They are really versatile dogs but they still need to be trained. They are easy to train but you still have to put your time into them.

Tim
 
DTOM do the DD open on track weather it be, they are tracking a wounded animal, or just following on scent? like a hound would do? I am guessing from your pics that these dogs are like a site hound, and will chase down there target and tear if a new butt, or can they use try nose just on a track find what you are after??
 
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Mine open on sight but will follow a track but they are not very cold nosed like some hounds. My male will run just about any track you put him on. They seem to know when to have their heads up and air scenting and when to put the noses to the ground and track. I've seen them where we were hunting birds and they run the grass with head high and then hit fur scent and drop their heads and follow up a furbearer track more than once and then go right back to bird hunting. I've run them on coon, cats, wounded coyotes, back tracking called and killed coyotes to their den, ect... I've never let them just run a coyote track like a hound would since I'm a caller and like to call them in to kill them. I have put them on coyotes that we spotted from the road but if the coyote wants to run they have little chance in catching it. Both of mine will fight anything you put them on and love to sink their teeth into fur. They are very gritty. My female is the gritty of the two and has had some very serious injuries from fighting coyotes. She likes to dominate them from the top and tends to get ripped up on her flanks and belly from coyotes under her, but she stays and has gives back very well. She also will howl at a booger and has a great record of bringing them in when calls fail.

Here's a pic of Maggie after a 3 coyote fight out in the Badlands of ND. She got suckered into a fight where I had to move to get a shot and she ended up taking on 3 before I got there and got them. She took it bad to the throat and muzzle also but this wound was particularly ugly. It ended up healing up nicely but she was out for the remainder of the denning season.
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Better be ready for injuries if you plan on using dogs on coyote.

Tim
 
If you are looking for a versatile working-class dog you should check out the Catahoula breed. They are excellent trackers and well known for their abilities to track predators. Ask around on the forums, there are plenty of people that have them.

I have a Catahoula/Lab mix, you can see him on the cover of the MN Adventuring Magazine or in my avatar (he's all grown up now) and is one of the best hunting dogs I could ask for.
 
DTOM: any advice for preparing for injuries like that? did you stitch that dog up yourself and if so where can I get the supplies I'd need to make a kit?
 
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