Yeah, we had harness problems too so I gave up on them pulling a load. You're going about it the wrong way. I recruited my 10 year old Grandson. I figured it was about time he got into Bronc Stompin. I penned a couple of them and he climbed up on the Hurricane Deck, grabbed one by the opercular flaps and we opened the gate. When they tried to get narrow minded, he raked their guts with some small rowels. In no time at all, he had them pretty well trained to push.
The biggest problem we faced was when they started sunfishing, they would try to turn and bite. Had to pull their front teeth and start feeding them on some kind of runty fishes like yellow perch and brown trout. At first, their gums were kinda tender but we applied copious amounts of native BS and they healed up just fine.
Last edited by Dave Davidson1; 08/30/09 07:25 AM.
