I didn't realize that it was going to be in the 40s this evening when we started training; but if you know me, you know that getting me to change my mind is like putting toothpaste back into the tube, so today was day 2!
Rob came over to the farm with Hondo and Ranger so that we could work on blinds, then work on some of the venison in the freezer for dinner. Our pond is suffering from some duck meal right now thanks to the rapid change in temperature and the lack of solid freeze this winter, but despite its gross appearance; it in no way impeded training.
We set a visible blind across the pond right off the shore in little to no cover today. Somehow in my haphazard training, I managed to miss the whole swim by pond thing, so Rob offered to play boogie man (or as he calls it, Giant Snowman) in case Fred decided to get out of the water. He took a great line as you can see here. He got a little bit confused in the duck meal; but quickly got himself back in line. As you can see from his return, we managed to get a good blind AND a decheating exercise done all at once!
After several other shorter blinds, and some land marks, Rob and I headed in to watch some SmartWorks drills and read through my crusty version of Finished Dog while eating tasty tasty venison. Fred and Hondo were really paying attention to the videos...maybe i'll play them at night to see what sinks in! I swear after a few more days of studying and benchmarking i'll have a plan, but as of right now, i'm pleased with my little man!
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