The closest Jubel really gets to practicing for barn hunt is critter hunting on walks. We've got our second barn hunt weekend coming up this weekend so I thought I'd record and share his chipmunk hunting fun.
I didn't actually see the critter but he smelled it for sure. Walking along normally and suddenly his head snaps to the right and he backtracks about 4-5 feet to that log slice and into the small hole under it. If you have your volume up you can hear him sniffing and snorting like a pig into the hole. Not sure if he's trying to flush whatever is hiding out or just really sniffing hard at all the smells down there. This is something he does often in the spring and if I let him he'd stay there and dig a huge hole and get himself all dirty. Now that I actually have an iphone I can get video much easier as I always have my phone but rarely bring a camera along with me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFQf...2UuUfAP3NXSpEw
I didn't actually see the critter but he smelled it for sure. Walking along normally and suddenly his head snaps to the right and he backtracks about 4-5 feet to that log slice and into the small hole under it. If you have your volume up you can hear him sniffing and snorting like a pig into the hole. Not sure if he's trying to flush whatever is hiding out or just really sniffing hard at all the smells down there. This is something he does often in the spring and if I let him he'd stay there and dig a huge hole and get himself all dirty. Now that I actually have an iphone I can get video much easier as I always have my phone but rarely bring a camera along with me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFQf...2UuUfAP3NXSpEw