Years ago I sold a pup to a hunter that hunted every year for grouse.
Little Maya not only was a great hunter but the other hunters with Brittanies all wanted to know where he got his great little hunting dog.
if you have a few of them they will efficiently[and fairly quietly] run neighborhood cats up trees when everyone is inside after dinner so the pack/chase instinct is there.big cats- you would be advised to follow closely with horses as self preservation in the face of quickly untreed cats bears or wild hogs might be a learned skill.
go on the internet and find a movie Good By My Lady it was made in the 20s but that should help you understand a Basenjis hunting ability. I got mine from Paramount Picture's as I recall.
I'm a member of FB Finnish Basenji group. I have seen grouse hunting pictures on the site previously. Just searched the member posts, and one member, Arto, said he had submitted hunting articles to Suomen Basenji (Finland), Jakt och Jägare (Sweden) and The Modern Basenji (USA) Also, a survey last year showed four members answered that they let their dog(s) run unrestrained while hunting.
Even though the first two articles are in Finnish and Swedish, if you can find them, you may get some useful tips by using a translation website. Or if it does not work, contact me.
@sakuhn62 Good-bye, My Lady was made in 1956
@basutytto said in Hunting with Basenji:
@sakuhn62 Good-bye, My Lady was made in 1956
"The first beer in the world was brewed by the ancient Chinese around the year 7000 BCE (known as kui). In the west, however, the process now recognized as beer brewing began in Mesopotamia at the Godin Tepe settlement now in modern-day Iran between 3500 - 3100 BCE."
Some of the best things in life are old. 
@jengosmonkey I miss beer....
@roguecoyote Ah... beer schmeer. You got something WAY better. You have Rogue the Basenji. Love your threads. You are a passionate guy. Too me... my relationship with my dog matters more than the activity. Does the dog enjoy the activity? Does the dog show any passion for it? I find, for me, that I find my joy when my dog finds his/hers. My first goal is always the dog's happiness. Don't give up your thought of hunting with Rogue, or sent work, or anything else. The dog contract is short IMO. Find a happy place! 
@jengosmonkey Well, right now, what she loves is biting people really hard, sniffing the ground and the air, chasing leaves in the wind, and chewing on gullet sticks and pizzle sticks. She also loves greeting anyone who comes to the door, and napping in my lap when I'm wearing pajama pants.
I know I wrote about Jeff Schettler on a different thread but he wrote a series of 9 articles for The Basenji magazine, whose web site is down. Anyway here is a link to a 2009 BCOA Bulletin about The Basenji Native Traits Preservation Project that talks about hunting Basenjis. Go to page 18 of the Bulletin to read it. There used to be a Yahoo group, but Yahoo groups no longer exist. https://www.basenji.org/Bulletin/2007BN/BN2007AMJ.pdf
Someone somewhere must have copies of the Basenji magazine articles. You can always ask here in the Forums. Here is a Forums post of Jeff Schettler's from 2011 that is interesting and has his current contact info. https://basenjiforums.com/topic/11558/working-dog-basenji-pups-waiting-list
Lynn B.
@senjisilly - The Basenji Magazine has been out of print for many, many years....no longer in publication. You might be able to find him on FaceBook? I believe that I have seen posts from him on there. He is on FaceBook... Jeff Schettler if you want to search for him.
Basenjis are THE ORIGINAL HUNTERS and nearly every “hunting” breed exists because of them. I think the other hunters are just jealous that you don’t need a gun. Lol
I contacted him. I saw he's got the blue lives matter flag flying though. Makes me think he probably won't like me very much. I live in portland maine, which is a pretty progressive area, and even so, as a young man I had very different experiences as with police from my nerdy white counterparts who routinely got let off the hook for their propane powered potato guns while I could barely get out of my driveway with out seeing blue lights even though I never touched a firearm or potato gun. Its funny how people can't get their head around why someone like me, a non-land-owning, non-white non-neurotypical person who just can't get a job really doesn't have any choice but to be a radical socialist. And its all over my Facebook wall, as that's just how socialists get things done. I wish we could all just understand that there is no such thing as lazy. Its one of many mechanisms that insecure people use to convince themselves that they are superior to other people. just another form of bullying if you ask me. Anyway, maybe someone else who isn't adamantly pro-antifa could contact him on my behalf? I know its a big ask, but I have to ask, for rogue's sake.
@roguecoyote said in Hunting with Basenji:
I contacted him. I saw he's got the blue lives matter flag flying though. Makes me think he probably won't like me very much. ...
You are interested in something he is also interested in. Which gives you common ground. Start there. You want to find out about hunting with your Basenji... she's very young and you are contacting him to get advice on how to start training her. You found out about him on the Basenji Forums and think he is the best hunting mentor you could possibly find. All of that is true. And nothing about that has anything to do with how other people have treated you in the past. Be respectful to him and he will be respectful to you. Leave politics out of the conversation.
You can do this!
@roguecoyote - Jeff used to live in California before his divorce and move to the East Coast... and yes he is pretty set in his ways, I have met him many times and do know him... I am sure that he remembers me... now for sure we don't have the same outlook for politics... but as elbrant said, if you just approach him just about having a Basenji and interested in hunting, maybe you can get by your differences? If not, well sorry that he didn't want to help you out... but in the end, keep the politics out of it
Wow. he replied and he's willing to help me out! I hope I don't blow it. Wish me luck!
@roguecoyote - great news! just keep politics out of it... Jeff has been hunting for years with his Basenjis so I am not surprised that he is willing to help you....
Good-bye, My Lady, 1956, $2.99 Amazon Prime. Fun and sad and difficult to watch certain scenes (harsh "training" at times by the boy). But overall interesting watch.
@roguecoyote
Keep us posted on your hunting training. I'm with you politically, but I'm glad you followed the advice and contacted Jeff. (I do the same with my mountain biking buddies -- many are to the right -- and it's paid off tremendously. Made good friends and that I found really supersedes the politics, even as important as politics are to me.)
I've also wanted to know about what king of training hunting entails, so would love to hear what you discover. Thanks in advance!
-- Elson
@beth314 I just watched this movie today. Its a decent movie, but the training that they do is pretty barbaric. LOL
