Training with Deer Tracking Services
Training with Deer Tracking Services
Training Days
Tracking is teamwork. We specialise in developing your dog/handler team to enable you to track wounded deer to the highest standards. Our bespoke training is tailored to meet the needs of your team, right through from entry-level to following up tracks in excess of 24 hours old over challenging terrain. We consider animal welfare to be paramount in the process of deer stalking, and wish to ensure that you can be successful and as efficient as possible in finding a wounded animal and being able to perform a safe and humane dispatch. In essence if your hound shows an aptitude for tracking we can train you both to follow anything from a 'hot track', to one that which has aged 24 hours or more.
In addition and to compliment our training days we now also of a Certificate of Competence, starting of with our 'Bronze' award. This award is designed specifically for deer-stalkers who have their own dog (all breeds welcome) and wish to enhance their skill-set to demonstrate that both dog, and handler have achieved a level of competence which reflects their ability and confidence in tracking a wounded deer within an acceptable time-frame of the shot.
The purpose of the award is to demonstrate that the dog to which the certificate applies is fit for purpose. Aside from obvious practical benefits, the award may be beneficial to the stalker when applying for a syndicate place, lease or deer management position.
In addition and to compliment our training days we now also of a Certificate of Competence, starting of with our 'Bronze' award. This award is designed specifically for deer-stalkers who have their own dog (all breeds welcome) and wish to enhance their skill-set to demonstrate that both dog, and handler have achieved a level of competence which reflects their ability and confidence in tracking a wounded deer within an acceptable time-frame of the shot.
The purpose of the award is to demonstrate that the dog to which the certificate applies is fit for purpose. Aside from obvious practical benefits, the award may be beneficial to the stalker when applying for a syndicate place, lease or deer management position.
Ensuring tracking shoes for training are fitted correctly
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Classroom demonstration of how blood is collected and stored fro training purposes.
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Mentoring a handler following up on a track laid hours before.
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We offer our own induction training days held on the Suffolk/Essex border, designed to give the individual an insight into blood tracking and give them the confidence to take things further. These days are fun, informal but educational, and generally working in a small group of up to three people.
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Just some of the items covered on the days are:
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Standard Training Day
When attending a day in a small group you will cover the basics of track laying, equipment required, and both the theory and practical side of laying tracks, with the intention that you and your dog will work at least two tracks throughout the day. Ultimately you will learn how to keep your dog focused on each track in question, and learn how to deal with any problems that may arise whilst following them up. The desired result being that both you and your dog will become motivated and inspired to progress further with your training, and maybe even coose to join us for a regular training programme. To get a clearer schedule of available days please go to our events page prior to booking: https://www.deertrackingservices.co.uk/events.html |
One to One (1:1) Training Day
A training day giving the handler one to one training with their dog. One to one training differs in regard that each day and track is specifically adapted to you as a team, depending on your personal experience and skill sets. Although scent work is both mentally and physically exhausting for a dog, they often find it easier to concentrate on their tracks not having been kept in a car for the slightly longer duration that they have to endure with group training. To get a clearer schedule of available days please go to our events page prior to booking: https://www.deertrackingservices.co.uk/events.html If you cannot find a suitable date please contact us to see if we can arrange something for you. |
Competence Award - Bronze
This award is designed specifically for deer-stalkers who have their own dog (all breeds welcome) and wish to enhance their skill-set to demonstrate that both dog, and handler have achieved a level of competence which reflects their ability and confidence in tracking a wounded deer within an acceptable time-frame of the shot. The purpose of the award is to demonstrate that the dog to which the certificate applies is fit for purpose. Aside from obvious practical benefits, the award may be beneficial to the stalker when applying for a syndicate place, lease or deer management position. |
Competence Award - Silver
This award is to be considered a higher standard than our entry level Bronze Award (which must have been successfully completed beforehand). At Deer Tracking Services we take our training very seriously. To achieve the award, both handler and dog will need to have completed the necessary training and be able to demonstrate sound knowledge and practical skills. To maintain the integrity of our training, our assessors adhere to stringent guidelines and criteria whilst observing the candidate’s performance on the test day. With this in mind, we strongly advise that you attend a short course of training days with us, during which time we can assess your progress and give any recommendations for supplementary training if required. This award is designed specifically for deer-stalkers who have their own dog and wish to enhance their skill-set to demonstrate that both dog, and handler have achieved a high level of competence which reflects their ability and confidence in tracking a wounded deer outside the normal follow up time-frame of the shot and in an environment that would possibly replicate a real scenario. |
Prices start from £79.00 per person. Please contact us for more information or having checked our list of available training days below or on our our events page, click on the button below to book a day.
PLEASE NOTE: If you cannot book your choice of day it maybe fully booked already, and cut off time is 7 days prior to any event. In addition to this should you have to cancel a training day we regret that booking fees cannot be refunded, but we will make sure to offer you a convenient alternative date.
PLEASE NOTE: If you cannot book your choice of day it maybe fully booked already, and cut off time is 7 days prior to any event. In addition to this should you have to cancel a training day we regret that booking fees cannot be refunded, but we will make sure to offer you a convenient alternative date.
"We attended your excellent course on Saturday. I was impressed by the professional delivery and also by the courses - the second of which was well above what I was expecting my dog to cope with. As a tribute to the course - on Sunday morning I was out on roe and shot a nice buck. It was a clean hit but he ran a good 60yds through high cover to a tree belt. I was unable to find him. I went home and got the dog in a "nothing ventured nothing gained" frame of mind and took her to the ground. The cover is waist high and the ground "lumpy". I set her off in the general area of the shot site (the actual site I was unable to find nor any blood). She quickly picked up a trail but to my mind was going in the wrong direction. She followed the trail for 80yds into the tree belt - again away from where I thought the deer went. She refused to come to the call out of the trees and on investigation I found her sitting on a dead lung shot roe - clearly "trust your dog". On the strength of this display I have booked another day"
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Our main training location. Please click to enlarge.
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