Hunting for badgers with husky

Hunting for a badger, as a rule, goes out of the hole, and when the badger goes to fat, it happens at night, but in the daytime he sits in his hole. But there are exceptions to everything, there are places where a badger can be seen in the daytime, but he does not go far from the hole. But as soon as it gets dark, the badger changes his behavior, comes out of the hole and looks for food. But he goes to search only until dawn, and then he returns to his own hole.

In this article, we'll look at all the basic methods of dragging hounds to a badger, but which one to use in the case you need to choose for yourself.

The main task of the hunter is to catch the badger at the moment of fattening, but it is almost impossible to do it yourself, and for this you need a husky. Laika has a good flair and excellent hearing, and can easily take a trace. When a badger runs through fresh and damp grass, it leaves its mark and smell, which is easily learned by the dog. Laika very quickly reach the goal, and the hunter can only hear the dog barking and quickly come to her.

But what to do next? But it depends on the skill and knowledge of hunters. Often hunters first dazzle the badger with a lantern, then they make a shot. Hunting for a badger is conducted with the most different weapon: pistols with a shot-stone, small-caliber rifles. If the hunter is more experienced, he can stun the beast and pin it, or hook it on the net, it all depends on the hunter himself.

Even for dogs there are restrictions: a dog must be at least two years old, trained, and brave, because badger is a dog dangerous to a dog.

But the dog, even at the right age, will not be able to learn how to hunt, so it needs to be trained. The most common option is to go hunting with one grown-up and experienced dog-like and the second young, as is the option when two young dogs are allowed, so the badger can not hurt them, and the dogs will learn.

First you need to find a place where there are definitely badgers. You need to visit the place in the afternoon, if possible, memorize the terrain so that you can navigate here in the dark. It is advisable to have a partner with you so that he can help you, you also need to have a knife and a lantern. Come to the place you need before dark, and for a half to two kilometers from the found burrows stop.

In the beginning, it's important not to let the young husky off the leash, and in any case not give her bark, because she can frighten the badger. Somewhere an hour after dusk you can go to the holes, and you can be sure that the badger will not be there. If you find holes, you will need to plug from the branches so that if it runs to the hole you will have the opportunity to hold it at the entrance. After these actions, you already need to release the dog from the leash, and it will take a trace. The dog should quietly follow the trail, and bark only when it is close to the animal. You just have to run to bark. But come across and cunning and maneuverable badgers, but they still can not escape, and the husky will continue to chase them.

When you come to live, you need to assess the situation. If you see that your dog is not able to stop the badger, then you need to take risky actions, namely: you need to love the way to stop the beast. You can stop him stunning, or shooting, the most important thing in this business is not to hurt your dog. There is such an option to leave the badger alive, and after a while return to the same place and continue training. Laika does not have to remember a new landscape, and one does not have to get used to a new badger.

More detailed process of hunting for badgers with husky you can see in the section - "hunting video" where all the subtleties of this hunt are considered

It is important in the training of the Laikas not to forget about such teams as "look", "take" and "take". The command "look" should be used when you pass near badger burrows, it will encourage the dog. "Seek" and "take" should be used when the husky has already entered into direct contact with the animal, after this command the dog will attack the badger from different sides.