This was my 6 months old Deutsche Bracke`s first kill. I was out on New Year´s Eve to train her. I hoped to find some group of Fallow deer for her to bark and run after. We were walking for an hour, she didn´t search out very long from me. I use this Garmin GPS on my dogs, in my handset I have a map in which I can follow them. But then she did move out some 300 meters and I thought she had smelled something. She moved back and I did see her on 100 meters in the trees. Suddenly she went away again and did start barking very intense. After a minute it came 5-6 Fallow deer’s in my way. They stopped just in front of me and I shot one of the calves. The rest of them did start running and soon after the dog came, she didn´t stop and proceeded following them. She did follow them and continued barking for 15 minutes. Twenty minutes later she did find her way back to me and were very well praised by a very pride owner. It´s so nice when you have a good start with a young dog. Every individual are different but 6 ½ months are a rather early start. I did use my CG 2000 in .300 Win Mag. //Staffan