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Sunday, June 14, 2009

Blind Analysis

...Well, folks, this blind is a good example on many aspects of the blind judgment, in a broad spectrum.

Is a blind just a blind just a blind?

On this particular blind, there has been some excellent work. There have been dogs well to the right and to the left and dogs that wouldn't cast readily back into the picture...there have been stylish dogs and tired dogs and in-between dogs. There have been a few dogs in the shrubbery deep of the blind and in front of the woods and a few dogs out of control.

So...is a blind just a blind...just a blind? And remember this is a land blind at a distance of 230 yards with a line behind a dead-bird retired mark... and there is some terrain in the picture of the blind.  No poison bird...no sack of dead birds...but there are variables that affect this blind...and there is a line to the blind. 

 

 


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