thoughts on horse tack for hunting

Chris has been doing some leather projects. He made my pink ostrich cut collar with tracking collar attached, he made me a plain leather cut collar, and he repaired a miracle collar that got the strap torn off on a galvanized feeder. I'm thinking he can make me a night latch. Thinking of seeing if he can also make me a spare headstall I can keep in the saddle bag. Just a simple one with a sliding one ear to use in case a bridle breaks or something.

Yeah, cooper is finally getting his own gear. I'm hoping to make him into my "sports car" - a hybrid of a reined cow horse (learned how to teach spin), sliding stop (he already has this), ranch cutting (still figuring this out), and pig draggin' huntin mule. I have already installed flexion at the poll, and he can jog the rail like a pleasure horse. I will put a western pleasure lope on him, and I should have a horse that is fun to ride and can get the job done. It will take me a while to get all the stuff he doesn't know yet downloaded, but I have talked myself into investing my time into him. That's something I have never afforded him.

Cheers!
M