Duck season is over.

Unless you’re still chasing snow geese somewhere, most of us are done. The decoys are put up, the guns are cleaned, and now there’s a decision to make.

Are you going to coast until preseason…
Or are you going to fix what showed up this year?

In this episode, Barton Ramsey steps in to talk about what he calls the post-season tune-up.

Because if you hunted much at all, your dog showed you something. Maybe it was breaking when the guns went off. Maybe delivery got loose late in the year. Maybe you saw some switching that made you think, “We’ve got to clean that up.”

Spring is the best time to address it.

Your dog is still in shape. Still mentally in hunting mode. And the problems are still fresh in your mind.

Barton walks through three of the most common in-season mistakes — breaking, sloppy delivery, and switching — and how to start tightening them up right now so they don’t follow you into next fall.

Don’t waste the spring.

Sharpen the dog you’re proud to hunt with.

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