I have done a cursory search through the old posts, and didn't find what I was looking for; however if I missed it, please forgive this request for a re-iteration.
Has anyone experienced using small flour marks to locate a track? (for me, not the dog)
Ed's tape mentions using indicators on fishing weights, but I think this dog will key on those. But will the flour odor give the track away too?
That's a new one on me, but as a rule, I'm against anything that is visible to the dog, or in this case, adds odor to the track. I don't know how you were thinking of placing the flour on the track, but it would certainly add scent. Do you know how to gunsight (line up two distant objects) to define the line of your track?
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Are you talking about putting flour on the whole track? I couldnt imagine doing something like that.I could make a joke and say that would come in handy if you were teaching a dog to find somebody that stole a bag of flour with a hole in it, but I wont.But that is not far from the truth,anything you do consitently is teaching and you would be teaching the dog to find the scent of flour.There are better ways to keep up with your track than that.If Im tracking in an area that is limited on good line ups I will go out hours in advance and set out flags in the distance to use as line ups or help with line ups on other things that are already there.
Stop making excuses for your dog and start training it!
I've tried the "gunsight" thingy, and on the straights I have no problem. It's the corners where I screw up. I 've tried clumbs of grass, pieces of trash (which the dog then investigates!), small pile of leaves (arrgh, this field is full of leaves).
I pulled her off yesterday because *I* couldn't see the track anymore. What a waste.
I plan on trying the fishing wt markers tomorrow...but I suspect like any flag, she will key on those. Smart dog.
Re the flour: I wasn't thinking of putting it directly on the track, but perhaps a couple of feet to either side, many feet apart; or maybe only to mark corners. I don't know...I'm searching for a solution to my inability to follow my own track! If this dog will cross cow patties, I'm hoping she won't notice a little flour several feet off the main track.
I can't recommend this strongly enough: write your track down in alittle 3x5 wirebound pocket notebook. It will reduce your errors by 99%. And when you're laying a track, say you just turned a corner and are facing down the new leg: ask yourself - what IMMEDIATELY catches your eye as youlook down the new leg? That's your turn marker. Or your article marker. If it caught your eye immediately the first time, it will again when you come back thru. The mistake people make is to proceed down the leg for a while, then they decide NOW is a good time for a turn, so THEN they start looking for a way to mark it, and they try to remember some little terrain feature right there. That's backwards. Find your marker FIRST, then go to it and turn. And write it down. Carry your notebook in your hand thru the working of the track so you can refer to it at a glance.
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Im not talking about sticking flags at the turns. I said I put flags in the distance if I need additional lineups.Your dog is not goung to key on a flag 200 yards beyond the turn.
Stop making excuses for your dog and start training it!
Re the notebook...yeah, yeah...had one, left it in the car, was too lazy to go back and get it, etc.
Why can't anything just be easy? (whine..whine..)
I'm not particularly anxious to try the flour thing; it's just that much more I have to carry; I've got some extra flags and will take those with me tomorrow and try to line up my turns better. She tends to circle at the turn, so it's imperative I know EXACTLY where it is...
Anyway, thanks for the help <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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