DORNDORF LONGHAIRED DACHSHUNDS
  • Home
  • Intro
  • Dogs
    • My Dogs
    • Loved by Others
    • Extended Family
  • Puppies
  • Dorndorf A-T
  • Milestones
  • Articles
  • Contact

winter badger hunting in finland

2/4/2013

1 Comment

 
Picture
Tero Ratinen, some hunting buddies, and Tero's dachshund have today taken three badgers from one sett. Some of the underground tunnel systems created by badgers are lengthy and elaborate and have been used for decades by many animals.

As a side note, it is so interesting that, like skunks, the heads of badgers have this black/white "warning coloration."
Picture
Tero's young bitch Riesa did a good job hunting badgers today. Here she is pulling on a badger that was killed with a gun after hunters dug down to dog and badger to the point where they could make the shot.

It is the dachshund's responsibility to investigate a den, determine whether a badger is home, pursue the animal to a stopping point, oppose it hard enough to keep it in one location, and announce its positive findings and whereabouts by barking. 

It is the job of the hunters to dig to the dog and badger, after which they quickly call the dog out and shoot the badger. An obedient dog is a must in this situation. Contrary to common (mis)conception, dachshunds must cooperate with hunters in their work. It cannot be any other way.

You can see that Riesa is wearing a locator collar. The collar has a radio-frequency device that sends signals to a small hand-held box used by the hunters to help determine just where the dog is and how deep. They obviously want to pinpoint location as much as possible before they begin to dig!
Picture
This photo is from a hunt on January 7. The hole these guys have dug is 11 feet deep and they are still digging! Afterward, too, they will be filling it all back in again. They do not make large holes in the countryside and leave them like this. They also shore up the 'ceiling' of the tunnels they break into to get to the dachshund and badger, and earth dwelling animals will continue to use them.

You can imagine the amount of effort required here. Also effort by the dog who - think of this - is more than 11 feet underground in a tight place, facing and holding the badger all this time. Sometimes for hours.

Or, I should say, that in all the digging through frozen earth, tree roots, and rock ledges, expectations are high that the badger IS staying in the same location. But sometimes it does manage to move until the dog can get it cornered again elsewhere at which time digging begins again.

"Extreme hunting" may not be too lofty a term for what badger hunters and badger dogs do on a regular basis.
1 Comment
Cliff
3/5/2013 05:04:12 pm

That hole is deeper than I ever imagined. It must take a hound with lots of grit to go that deep and work in the dark against a badger! I'm impressed again.

Reply

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    A

    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    May 2011
    April 2011
    March 2011
    February 2011
    January 2011
    December 2010
    November 2010
    October 2010
    September 2010
    July 2010
    June 2010
    May 2010
    April 2010
    March 2010
    February 2010


    Categories

    All
    Agility
    American Kennel Club
    American Working Terrier Assoc
    Art
    Articles
    Asti
    Babe
    Badger D C
    Badger Dogs
    Barn Hunt
    Begleithund
    Books
    Bossa
    Calendars
    Clinics
    Commentary
    Conformation
    Cute
    Dachshund Size
    Deer Dogs
    Dockdogs
    Dorndorf Dachshunds
    Druci
    Earthdog
    F3 Hunting Workshop
    Family
    Field Trial Dachshunds
    Field Trials
    Finland
    Finnish Database
    Frankie
    Ginger
    Gretel
    Gunsteadiness
    Health
    Houndsmen
    Humanewatch
    Hunting Dachshunds
    Ilsa
    Karl
    Kasi
    Kiki
    Kurbis
    Longhaired Dachshunds
    Longhaired History
    Longhaired Puppies
    Luke
    Madison Area D C
    Marstax
    Marta
    Minx
    Nadja
    Nature
    Nexus
    Nick
    North American Teckel Club
    Northern Illinois Beagle Club
    Nutmeg
    Obedience
    Ochre
    Odin
    Olive
    Olive Video
    Oslo
    Outdoor Gear
    Owl
    Patricia Nance
    Pie
    Puppies
    Rally
    Sage
    Seiko
    Seminars
    Shows
    Svante
    Tasha
    Taya
    Teo
    Terra
    Thor Seymour
    Tracking
    Tracking Deer
    Training
    Vehicles
    Videos
    Viljo
    Visits
    Water Work
    Weather Conditions
    Websites
    Wolverine D C
    Workshops

FIELDWORTHY = FIT FOR USE IN THE FIELD
© 2008-2020 · Patricia Nance, Monroe, Ohio, USA ·  All Rights Reserved
No Photos or Text May Be Copied Without Written Permission