Gentlemen,

an old hunters tale in Germany is the following (please excuse my translation mistakes):

A hunter and estate owner notices in his woods the results of some dogs poaching, killing game and threatening all animals so these become very shy and hide all the time.

The hunter is able to trace the poaching to two big german sheperd dogs, who are kept as house pets in the next village. He notices that the dogs are released frequently for entertaining themselves in the woods.

Hunter awaits the dogs in the woods, but to no avail. The dogs know how to avoid contact.
So no end of poaching is in sight.

Then hunter borrows a female dog "in heat", takes a walk with the dog straight to the house of the sheperd dogs, then walks further in a "backcountry" corner of the wood and stays there.
And waits.

After the evening release of the two sheperd dogs, these are not interested in poaching, but a more romantic pasttime, and follow the spoor of the lady dog.

The rest is history...