Pups ranging out to far.

[Irondog87]

My pups (9 month old brothers) I've been raising for the past 8 months are coming along great and much hunts are just to easy for them now. Took them on a sure nough hunt the other night and they both were ranging out over 200 yards but one was getting out even farther, a little too far. So far that he would get lost and open a yelp as if he were lost. Is this mabe because he is still young and it was at night? He was also by himself at the time without another dog in the area. I told his brother to "go see" and he rushed in after him. I'm guessing he heard my voice because he didn't yelp again. After the brother got to him they stayed out for five more minute then came back like nothing was wrong. Is this typical with pups hunting at night alone?

[Reuben]

sounds to me like you have some nice pups...the young pups that want to range out will get lost at first until they figure it out...when hunting with older dogs that will run a hog for a long while and the pups are running with the pack is another time when the pups can fall behind and get lost...make sure to use a tracking system on them...

train your pups to come to you when you call them...I do this in my back yard even though they are close and not lost...  but they learn your call and they will come running to you if they can here you calling when they are lost in the woods...

[Irondog87]

Thanks for the input Reuben. I didn't think about that. I think he heard my voice and it reassured him that he was ok so he didn't yelp anymore. I have been trying to get them used to the names I've given them since they didn't have names till last month (gotta earn a name) 
The one that is ranging out the farthest I call him feral cuz for the first seven months he was just as wild as a coyote pup. So I have alot more practice to do with calling them and getting them used to their names.

[SnF bucking bulls]

I have a year old pup and when she hits about 3/4 of a mile by her self she either sits down and howls for me to come get her haha or i gotta try and call her in. She only did this when i first started her i. The woods. She would cast out with older dogs and eventually get left behind. Then shed bark lost

[halfbreed]

    that's why I will take pups into the woods in the daylite and let them run amuck , and when they get out of site or aren't paying attention I will sneak off and hide from them . i'll let them just cry their little eyes out until they finally figure out to use their noses and backtrack their selves out of the situation and pick up my track and find me . it's a fun game with a purpose .

[Irondog87]

    that's why I will take pups into the woods in the daylite and let them run amuck , and when they get out of site or aren't paying attention I will sneak off and hide from them . i'll let them just cry their little eyes out until they finally figure out to use their noses and backtrack their selves out of the situation and pick up my track and find me . it's a fun game with a purpose .

gunna do this most deffinately!

[setxhogdogs]

    that's why I will take pups into the woods in the daylite and let them run amuck , and when they get out of site or aren't paying attention I will sneak off and hide from them . i'll let them just cry their little eyes out until they finally figure out to use their noses and backtrack their selves out of the situation and pick up my track and find me . it's a fun game with a purpose .

wow that's an awesome idea!!! I'm gonna try that!!

The Original Setxhogdogs

[Reuben]

    that's why I will take pups into the woods in the daylite and let them run amuck , and when they get out of site or aren't paying attention I will sneak off and hide from them . i'll let them just cry their little eyes out until they finally figure out to use their noses and backtrack their selves out of the situation and pick up my track and find me . it's a fun game with a purpose .

I do the same...not only for them to find me but also to learn to range out...

Several lessons in one outing...Take the pups to the woods straight from the kennel to the dog box and then to the woods where they will be dropped off preferably in a spot that has fresh hog sign...turn the pups out and kick back and ignore them...with them full of energy more than likely they will range out...this is actually a good test to see which one leads out and ranges naturally...when breeding dogs you want to know who does it the first time in the woods or the best in any testing you do...its a point system for all pups to see which one gets to breed one day... 

they also have to learn how to get back...and halfbreed talks about that...

I used to do this with all my litters of pups at one time but did not do it this last litter for lack of time and not having my own hunting spots right now...