Take my chocolate lab with me hunting coyotes or not?

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Do you guys think having a mellow pet dog with you while calling would increase or reduce your odds?

I have a female chocolate lab that I'd like to take out hunting with me. She's not trained as a hunter, just a pet.
I suspect she would just hang around while I sat and called.

What do you think? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif
 
This time of year the coyotes are pairing up & getting reall territorial. They can and will attack your dog right now. If your lucky, you might have minor injuries on your pet. If not they can kill him outright if things get out of hand.

It's something to think about. Especially if the dog is a family pet to your kids, wife, etc.

When I take mine out right now, it'll be with a leash and I'll have him in my sight at all times.

Barry
 
easy money, There's only one way to find out....... After she figures out what's happening, it'll be good. Always pays to have that extra set of eyes, if nothing else. Don
 
I was wondering the same thing.. I have a very large black lab that I want to take with, but wasnt sure if a coyote would just turn and run or actually approach such a large dog.
 
I also have a pet black lab. He would stay near me or on a leash if I took him calling. Anyone have any luck trying this?
 
i use a dog on every stand, as long as you can keep the dog in sight till you see what your dog is going to do when a coyote comes in i say take them with you, but like its been said your dog can get a whippin if he cant fight them off till he gets to you. i wouldnt by with out mine like huntsman said 2 sets of eyes are better then 1 and 3 are even better
 
I have an old black lab and he is awesome--usually sees a coyote before I do--he sits beside me when I am calling and when he zero's in on something - it is time to get ready cause it won't be long till the action starts---good luck with your hunting dog!!! I always take mine--
 
Wow!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

That sounds like alot of fun.

I'll just be extra careful to keep her close to me until she and I learn what's going on and what to expect.

Thanks guys,
 
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Wow!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

That sounds like alot of fun.

I'll just be extra careful to keep her close to me until she and I learn what's going on and what to expect.

Thanks guys,



That's what I'm doing now. Just keep an eye on her & close to you. She'll be fine. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif

Barry
 
I have taken my female black lab with me coyote calling with my electronic caller two times. Both times it was just for about 3 or 4 hours and I knew I was going to be hunting open country and I would be laying prone with my rifle. My dog just lays right next to me and as long as I pet her she will stay there right next to me. Some of the stands she would be asleep most of the time.
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Cool pics guys. Now that I see this I may take mine along and try it, my labs see me get the gun out and they go crazy thinking were gonna go after some birds.
 
I am going out in about an hour, and have considered taking my female husky with me. She is just coming into season and would probably be a HUGE attractant to the male yotes. But I will probably leave her home, she has never been around gunfire so I do not know how she would take it. I know for a fact she is way too fast for me to catch if she decided to run, and if I was to lose her in the woods I would do best not to come home at all, the family would KILL me
 
I brought my labs out with me once and as soon as I started calling they ran over to me and stared at me for the remainder of the trip, that sort of "throw the ball" stare. Hard to be stealthy that way.
 
I keep my dogs on a long line this time of year so they can move around while I am calling but can not give chase, as mine are decoy dogs if not on a leash line when a coyote comes in they would be on him like white on rice in a snow storm.



I think it would be fine to take Your lab, but I would use a leash for awhile and see how Your dog reacts to everything just to be safe. I hope this helps and good luck.
 
Totally different circumstances, but I hunt jackal professionally here in South Africa, and hunt only at night. Always took a long time to recover dead ones (I only get paid for tails) until I trained my GSP to find them for me. He sits in the truck until I finish the stand, and then I let him out. He chases aerial scent, and is awesome, average recovery time now is less than 4 minutes. He also follows any blood trail, and has a fantastic success rate, once followed a nine hour old blood trail of a lynx for a friend, found the lynx dead after about 500 yards, and that in hot sun.

He also picks up the scent when they come in from upwind, and warns me. I am convinced a dog can only be an asset to you.

Graham
 


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