Training days for Xosha Bushveld Hound pups involves following the astute lead of the adult hounds.
The humans do the initial labor of finding the clear trace of a feline
and then pass the baton over to the adult hounds to investigate if sufficient
scent deposits are apparent and in sufficient quantities to allow for fixed
trailing. Always it’s the search for tracks and weeks can go by spent without
any profit for the invested hours driving and hiking. But when a good track is
found the atmosphere is loaded with possibility and positivism.
8 months
plus is the entry age for the Bushveld hounds into the initiation and a hound won’t
be considered trained until at least his/her 3rd season. All the
emphasis is placed on scent tracking and always the quarry is left in the tree
to shrewdly lay scent deposits for another day.
True ‘catch & release’ and
not possible by any other hunting means than over Hounds.
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