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Post by yota on Jan 28, 2004 13:04:19 GMT -6
Zag,
Have to admit, those were some interesting reads.......
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Post by musher on Jan 28, 2004 17:30:37 GMT -6
Are all noses created equal? I had three beagles underfoot for close to 20 years. One had an extraordinary nose and the other two were just great. I've had Chesapeake's for the last 20 years. They don't all have the same nose. I remember one time when we fell into a flock of woodies. Perhaps 80 birds jumped off of a 100 x50 patch of water. After the shooting was over the dog had a difficult time finding what she could not clearly see. To this day I think she actually stepped on a duck without finding it. I think she was overwhelmed by all the duck scent.
I have seen huckies walk on their hind legs to smell a grouse in a tree. These same huskies have run past a sitting grouse, on the snow, 5 feet from the trail.
I have seen where wolves jam on the brakes to avoid a snare only to blunder into another one a quarter mile away. I once snared a wolf that I knew would avoid a purposefully visible snare. I have seen and heard about wolves that tip toe into bait stations, feed, and then get caught on the way out.
I have read about drug dogs that could supposedly smell dope hidden in a truckfull of diesel fuel - yet North America is still full of drugs and the police cannot seem to stem the flow.
I'm not certain if some have better noses or not but I do think that if critters weren't distracted once in a while we'd catch alot less of them.
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Post by trappnman on Jan 28, 2004 17:43:08 GMT -6
Good point musher- of course, you are right.
I've owned hundreds of beagles- if not over 1000- including several Fd Ch and a lot of winners.
Without a doubt- not only is quality of nose a variable- but HOW he uses that nose is also. That is- a two beagles with (to me) equal noses might not be able to process that info the same. Some cold nose hounds for example potter all over the place- unwilling to gamble on the next track. Coming back to the track time and again. And others, look in several directions- you can almost see them putting the clues together...yes,, I think its here....yupper....(tail wagging) Baaaawwwwlllll
But beagles are bred by beaglers. What is important to me is being influenced by me- size, voice, temprement, paitance, enthusiasim and of couse nose.
So are wild canines the same? I have thought about this often over the years- and come to two logical conclusions:
1) of course- just like in dogs- noses vary.
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2) of course not- over 1000's of years of natural selection- the nose is a stable trait.
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But I do believe that individual coyotes react differently to differnt odors and different presentations. But- always a but LOL- certain odors and certain presentations are going to cause "most" of the coyotes that encounter the setup react"generally" the same.
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Post by dj88ryr on Jan 28, 2004 17:49:11 GMT -6
LMFAO!!!!! The Lion has been duly notified!!! HAHAHAHA
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