Well, so much for working close. The second I unleashed him tonight he took off. Took maybe 5 minutes, and I heard him treed up. Didn't open on track, and I had trouble finding eyes. Thought he got slicked and tried leading him in a circle around the tree, but he went straight back to it. Sure enough, he had the meat! Couldn't get him to head out after a second, but I'm more than satisfied with his work tonight and grinned ear to ear the whole way home!