Dogs, Shotguns & the Learning Mindset with Tina Dokken

For Tina Dokken, hunting started with a chocolate lab. She was determined to be the best fur-parent she could be, and took her dog all over. She met her husband at a dog festival, and that's when her journey into sporting started in earnest. Tina is a gifted teacher -- both in person and over her YouTube Channel, Tina DokkenUnleashed. She talks about how learning is a mindset, and being curious and willing is the path to an adventurous life with your animals.

 

3:00 Tina's Mexican pheasant recipe

5:30 Getting your chocolate lab into hunting 

6:00 GameFair festival (like a state fair for dogs... also a place to find a husband!) 

9:00 The freeze-thaw longevity of a single duck used for scent training

13:00 Being a great learner carries over to being a great teacher

15:00 Visual vs. verbal learning

18:00 When your dog chooses your husband

21:00 Learning from people who aren't your spouse/partner

23:00 Eye dominance

25:00 Shooting stance

30:00 Developing a mount technique 

34:00 Progressing to other shots (and clays vs. real-life hunting)

36:00 Franchi shotguns and short-stock guns

41:00 Bridging the dog work with hunting

46:00 Hunting by yourself means following your dog (versus the others in your party)

49:00 Trusting your dog

53:00 Pheasant tricks

55:00 Hunting quietly with dogs

56:00 Snare-prepared... "you never know"

58:00 Gun safety... it's a journey, and you never stop improving; show off your empty barrel

1:00 "Tina Dokken Unleashed" YouTube channel

1:05 Archery hunting with a baby -- balancing that counterweight on your back as you draw

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