Posted: 8/4/2005 5:26:00 PM EDT
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Few weeks back I was given a fourteen month old AKC Registered male black lab, beautiful smart animal, fetches like a machine, can catch a frisbee in the air 90% of the time, swims like duck. Problem is I don't duck or bird hunt. I hunt deer and coyotes. Deer are out of the question, no way I can drag his big ass up a tree or expect him to be quiet. Is there a possibility I can train him to hunt/track coyotes? Could I use him as a decoy, to draw them out or to distract them so I can get a shot? Any suggestions are appreciated. rk |
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It seems to me I read something a few years ago about using a dog for coyote hunting. Was a female Black Lab IIRC. The dog would venture out a 100 or more yards and lure them in, then draw them toward it's owner, staying far enough away from the yotes to avoid getting jumped. It was pretty interesting. |
| or alternatively: a coyote does get the jump and then you're too far away to help and you cant shoot b/c you cant accurately shoot at 2 fighting animals. you either shoot and kill your AKC (AKA expensive) dog or the coyote rips your dogs throat out because its a lot lower and faster and meaner b/c its a wild animal and not a domesticated animal. yotes aint frisbees. |
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Go to The Coyote Gods website and poke around their forum. They use airedales, but you can probably get some answers there. Eric 
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+1 I can't think of a way to use a big black lab for coyote hunting. There are other sports though, rally obedience, Retrieving challenges, Dock Dog, Tracking in general. Patty |
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I agree with the above - Labs aren't built for Coyote hunting, sounds like a waste of time and effort and your dog's well being. You could easily wind up with an injured or dead lab, and no coyote. Labs aren't really effective biters. They're strong and tireless, but not built for combat....and hunting coyotes may come to that. Just enjoy a great pet - and black labbies are great pets. FWIW, I've been hunting yotes for a long time, and I've NEVER had a need for a dog. Try a wounded rabbit call, and stay still and upwind. |