Keeping quiet in the blind with my GSP pup

We got a GSP this year and I'll be taking him with me on at least half of my hunts. I'm only home on weekends and I have to relieve my wife from dog duty by taking him along. I'm hoping I can control him in the blind until I shoot a deer and then train him to track. I wonder if anyone has advice on how to deal with him. One concern I have is that he may bark or something when he hears squirrels, birds or other critters.
 

bruiserbuckgrower

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Dog box with truck parked in the shade and plenty of water, used to have a lab that would "track" me to the stand and just lay under it, saw some does with him once and he chased off a coyote another time but usually didn't see much
 

rydert

Blue Heeler man
I carry my blue heeler with me every time I hunt out of a box blind or on the ground....she's no trouble at all, carried her since she was a puppy. She moves around a little bit but no more than me.
 
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rydert

Blue Heeler man
Do you do any kind of scent control on her? And do you have her track your hits?

I don't use any kind of scent control and luckily we have never had to track one, other than just walking straight to it. She is generally as happy as I am about killing one.
 
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Stroker

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Google turkey hunting with dogs for some ideas. My only concern would be scent control.
 
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