We had an ice storm where I could not take the dogs hunting or training because it was a skating rink then a wind storm where we could not go out and get hit by tree branches, we’ve been doing this game for years and they never tire of it! Now some have told me it doesn’t work, the secret is the toy I use … Continue reading Winter games
I developed a new drill I am calling the quad brush drill. It came about because when I was running the nine point drill the killer blind was the one where they had to run a stretch on light cover then plunge into heavy cover about 10 yards to get to the blind, I did it cold for Prinz and he did NOT get that … Continue reading The quad brush drill
An interesting little side effect of doing all this new stuff and mixing things up, is the boys are forced to pay closer attention. The next time out after doing the one for ones we did double doubles I think Q really thought there was a blind out there, when he was looking for the memory bird… next time I did singles he really thought … Continue reading Interesting side effect
Next new drill we tried is one for ones. Mark, blind, mark, blind. I thought it would be easy for my boys since we’ve been doing mark / line drills, but NOT. This is a great one to teach them to do what you want them to do and go where you want them to go. A common theme of all of these drills, is … Continue reading One for Ones
We tried a new marking drill- double doubles. It is just as it sounds, you set up a double and run it twice reversing the direction of the memory birds and go birds. You get a lot of concepts in one- swing right, swing left (either can happen in the field and they are each hard for different reasons), different angles in a different order, … Continue reading Double doubles
