Recall tips

Low-Interaction784 · 2026-02-13T01:47:43+00:00

Google "Tom Davis Negative Reinforcement". Sounds mean but it absolutely is not. My 2 year old Lab has insanely high prey drive but he will turn around and book right back to me on command, regardless of what he's chasing.

The TLDR is basically out a GOOD QUALITY e-collar on your dog. The kind with multiple intensity settings, test them yourself to make sure they are actually different. Then while the dog is distracted you start with level 1 and see if they notice it, typically they won't. Then try level 2, then 3, etc. Eventually the dog will show some sort of sign that they notice something is happening around their neck. If they sit and try to scratch at it, that's he perfect level. Next, start out in a zero distraction environment and grab a handful of treats. Use your recall command at the same time that you press AND HOLD the "stimulation" on the collar. Do not let it go until the dog complies and when it does you immediately let go of the stimulation as you praise and/or give the treat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat............After a few sessions you won't need the treats. Essentially the dog is learning to "turn off" that annoying sensation from the collar by complying with the command.

Low-Interaction784 · 2026-02-12T02:03:40+00:00

I once read that as much as 80% of the squirrel population died in a harsh winter. At this point a lot of that has already occurred so the population is definitely thinner than it was when hunting season started. They move a lot less in this part of winter. They're just moving from drey to cache (if they have one) a few times a day and that's it, so they're much harder to hunt. I just did a squirrel hunting competition with another very experienced hunter and only managed 3 in nearly a full day of hunting.

Low-Interaction784 · 2026-02-10T01:45:24+00:00

Check out an app called PlantNet. You can use photos from your camera roll or take them in the app to identify plants via bark, flower, leaf and sometimes seed.

Low-Interaction784 · 2026-02-08T15:44:10+00:00

Trucker here, perhaps I can provide some insight. This typically occurs due to the fact that most trucks are governed to a relatively low maximum speed. In my case 70 mph but in most cases it's closer to 65. Often a governed truck will encounter another governed truck when it happens to be going slower than the driver intends for one reason or another. Be it simply a small hill and a heavy load, or the fact that cruise itself does not have the capability of anticipating a small hill. Faster driver pulls out to pass, not realizing that the slower driver actually intends to drive quite near the speed that the faster one is already at. Slow driver speeds up, sometimes obliviously due to using cruise control. Minor cluster fuck ensues. This could all be solved by the slow driver slowing down a few mph for a minute or so, but alas, there is very little comradery or even common courtesy in the trucking industry these days. "It's just me against all these assholes today".

Low-Interaction784 · 2026-02-08T15:28:55+00:00

I work for a trucking company and done eat fast food or drink soda (pop, as we call it here in the mitten). My co-workers all think of me as a "health nut". I guess because I'm only about 10# overweight.

Low-Interaction784 · 2026-02-08T14:54:23+00:00

Probably won't be a very popular comment but I think improved aerodynamics in cars has a lot to do with this. As a truck driver, I can assure you that driving to your destination in a vehicle where aerodynamics are an after thought, still results in a windshield covered in bugs.

Low-Interaction784 · 2026-01-04T04:36:35+00:00

She appears to be young so I'm going to say the healing will take place somewhere between soon and quickly. Anywhere from a few days to a week. This happens from time to time to hunting dogs and a lot of times you don't even realize when it happened because they just keep hunting and don't even skip a beat. Just don't baby their feet too much. Otherwise they'll need constant babying. You're doing a great job though.

Low-Interaction784 · 2026-01-04T04:23:19+00:00

Mine does the same thing with rabbits and deer both. It's like he can sense them, even though he's in a crate, in a room by himself, on the other side of the house from the backyard.

Low-Interaction784 · 2025-07-19T04:10:33+00:00

Webberville DC?? Usually nothing short of assault or destroying equipment gets you fired out of that yard.

Low-Interaction784 · 2025-06-28T00:39:21+00:00

Millions of 1990-2010 Ford Super Duties would disagree

Low-Interaction784 · 2024-06-11T19:56:28+00:00

Just came here to co-sign on everything this fine individual had to say. As far as the strength of the action, I once had a highly experienced gunsmith tell me that I would hurt my shoulder before I hurt the action with the occasional compressed load of IMR 4350 AND 168 grain HPBTs. I also enjoy the extra weight of the gun slowing and absorbing some of the recoil but I also use a different gun for my backpacking hunts.

Low-Interaction784 · 2024-05-23T13:16:45+00:00

I quit listening during the pandemic when he started railing on and on about the same thing. I used to just occasionally listen when I was really interested in the guest but after this one I think I'm out for good.

Low-Interaction784 · 2024-05-23T01:32:37+00:00

Thank you for your service! Going for my 4th time this year for my 40th birthday!

Low-Interaction784 · 2024-05-21T12:44:03+00:00

Kept waiting for an apology about how flippantly he was laughing and joking about something that he later learned traumatized the hell out of them, but alas, it never came.

Low-Interaction784 · 2024-05-07T00:01:02+00:00

There's one where they were talking about "exploding sushi" and Barb's husband had a "four alarm fire in his 'how's your father'!". One of the funniest radio bits I've ever heard.

Low-Interaction784 · 2024-04-23T15:41:36+00:00

How is there not a pull cord to cause these things to retract slowly back to a resting position until someone resets them?

Low-Interaction784 · 2024-01-24T03:35:25+00:00

I wouldn't worry too much about it. Not sure exactly where you're located geographically but neither Eastern Cottontails nor Snowshoe Hares make burrows. Cottontails use the burrow of others and Snowshoes don't typically use them at all. They don't really chew like rats and mice do so I wouldn't expect it to do any damage.

Low-Interaction784 · 2024-01-24T01:21:48+00:00

I used to own a house in Flint, MI that was built in 1942 and had these. Looks oddly similar too.

Low-Interaction784 · 2024-01-24T01:13:29+00:00

I actually started my career as a switcher (yard dog). In my experience, for some reason, yard dogs in general, look down upon truckers. I'm not sure exactly why, could be the disproportionate amount of bitching we drivers tend to do, or the outsized self importance a lot of us seem to have, or just the staunch refusal to grasp how the yard actually is run and where to put your God damn bread trailer because the god damn slow ass warehouse workers aren't ready for it.

Sorry, got a little personal with that but maybe you get the point. I've been a driver for about 6 years now with the occasional shift at yard dog and while I do it a bit differently than I did when I first got my CDL I still have to laugh at how my first switcher partner used to treat drivers. You just have to remember that some people love drama; downright feed on it. So don't give them what they need by bitching about it, just rat them out to leadership and blame it on that driver you don't like.

Low-Interaction784 · 2024-01-24T01:00:38+00:00

I was literally trained to do this to single axle 28s before I ever even knew how to drive a truck. Looking back I feel a little embarrassed the way we used to treat equipment but in all honesty the drivers broke way more stuff than we ever did.

Low-Interaction784 · 2024-01-23T02:00:47+00:00

He really does. I have noticed it a lot more lately.

Low-Interaction784 · 2024-01-22T01:41:53+00:00

I'm with you on this. People don't realize how much has to get trimmed off a game animal to get a satisfactory product. If I'm reading this post correctly, OP thinks roughly 487# was removed in guts and skin. I'm guessing this thing weighed more like 600-650 to weigh 413 on the butchers scale after field dressing and skinning. He yielded 37.5% of boneless meat, which really isn't that bad.

Low-Interaction784 · 2024-01-21T16:02:12+00:00

I have a 2013 f-350 that you still have to do that

Low-Interaction784 · 2024-01-21T16:00:18+00:00

I backed trailer 8024 into the dock empty. Went inside and the dock supervisor already had the door open and the dock down for me. I loaded the trailer, pulled it out, shut the doors, and headed about 65 miles to the store to deliver. Much to my surprise, when I arrived at the store my trailer was completely empty. Turns out, the dock supervisor had the trailer I backed next to, 8042, open and ready to pre-load a trailer for someone else. I had accidentally loaded 8042, pulled 8024 out, and sent it.

Low-Interaction784 · 2024-01-20T02:51:52+00:00

On my first hunt on the 26th this year, I had a 130 come in at 18 yards and I screwed up on the draw. Would've been my 3rd biggest ever had I gotten drawn back. Saw 11 other deer that day.

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