Due to the overcast conditions expected for Wednesday morning, the test dogs will run at 7:30 am and dog #30 will start the Fifth Series after that.
Please use the entrance off Tanglewood as has been previously used and follow the signs to the test site. Thanks and have a good evening!
43 dogs have been called back to the 5th Series.
43 dogs were called back: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53 and 54.
9 dogs were dropped: 7, 8, 9, 10, 23, 27, 41, 46 and 47
Dog #30 will Start the 5th series Wednesday morning!
Right: Over the dam, hunted behind the guns. Worked it out.
Left: Into the pond, across the field, and straight to the bird.
Right: Over the dam, under the arc, down the road deep, then back through the trees and the milo with the bird.
Left: Through the pond. Nice line under the arc, over the mound, and hunted deep. Worked back around and got his bird by the milo.
Right: Under the arc and deep. Back through the milo to the bird.
Left: Into the pond. Up the left side to the woods. Got deep. Over the mound and out to the bird beside the milo.
Right: Over the dam, under the arc, into the trees, then back through the milo to the bird.
Left: Up the left side to the trees, around the mound, then back to the left. Right up the road, into the woods, then into milo and back out. Found it.
Right: Smack on. Good job.
Left: Wide left to trees. Over the mound to the bird between the mound and milo.
Right: Across the dam, under the arc, deep, and back through the milo to her bird.
Left: Across the pond on the left. Under the arc, over the mound and scooped up her bird outside of the milo.
Right: Over the dam, then deep behind the guns. Hunted deep and came back to the milo from behind and got her bird.
Left: Into the pond. Came in under the arc, up the road and then back to her bird beside the milo.
Right: Straight to the bird.
Left: Up the left side of the field behind the mound, then straight back down to the bird beside the milo.
Right: Across the dam, under the arc to the back side of the milo. Came through and got his bird.
Left: Into the pond, up the left side of the field to the trees. Hunted left of guns, up on mound and deep into trees. Extended hunt before he got the bird beside the milo.
Right: Across lower piece of the dam. Under the arc. Went deep. Worked back to front side of milo, then jumped in and got the bird.
Left: Into the pond, under the arc, circled the mound, then picked up the bird outside of the milo.
Right: Over the dam and into the milo where he missed it. Got deep. Back into the cover for his bird.
Left: Into the pond, up under the arc past the mound, and back down to his bird beside the milo.
Right: Over the dam, right of the guns into the trees. Back across the road, into the trees, then the milo for her bird.
Left: Up the left side, to the woods, hooked behind the guns, down the road, and then back to her bird beside the milo.
Right: Over the dam, down to the milo. Came in from behind and got his bird.
Left: Into the pond and out to his bird beside the milo.
Right: Over the dam and straight into the milo for the bird.
Left: Into the pond, up the left side to the tree line. Hunted behind the guns into the milo, then back out for his bird.
Right: Over the dam, under the arc, and down to the bend in the road. Into the trees and then the milo for his bird.
Left: Reheeled on a false start. Came back a second time. Unsure and had to handle. Picked-up.
Dog #46 did not get a bird. He will rerun after six dogs.
Right: Under the arc, went deep down the road and back through the milo to the bird.
Left: Through the pond, behind the guns, and into the trees. Hunted deep and left. Came down for his bird beside the milo.
Right: Up under the arc and into the mild for the bird.
Left: Up under the arc, over the mound, and back beside the milo to the bird.
Right: Over the dam, into the milo, out with the bird.
Left: Into the pond, hunted deep of the mound, and worked her way to the milo for the bird.
Right: Over the dam and out to the milo for her bird.
Left: Up and under the arc, around the mound, and into the milo. Got the bird.
Right: Under the arc, into the trees, then back through the milo to the bird.
Left: Into the pond, up the hill, and got his bird.
Right: Over the dam, under the arc, around to the back of milo and straight to the bird.
Left: Swam the pond. Hunted the mound and area behind the guns, then worked her way out to the bird.
Right: Over the dam, out behind the guns. Made a loop back into the milo for the bird.
Left: Into the pond, up the left side of the field to the tree line, around the mound, hunted deep, then into the milo for his bird.
Right: Under the arc, down the tree line, and into the milo. Got it.
Left: Into the pond, up the left side of the field deep of guns, over the mound, down the road, then back to the milo for the bird.
Right: Over the dam and out to the cover for the bird.
Left: Into the pond, straight to the fall area, and into the milo for the bird.
Right: Ran the dam, went past the guns, then went into the milo field from the back and got his bird.
Left: Into the pond and straight to the bird.
Right: Over dam, behind the guns, then turned left into cover for the bird.
Left: Into the pond, ran up left behind the mound into the trees. Then up and down the road and into the cover for the bird.
Right: Straight into the cover and got his bird.
Left: Into the pond, over the road, up the left side, behind the mound, and back into the milo for his bird.
Thanks, again, to Luann Pleasant for supplying these great shots …
Right: To the cover area and missed. Hunted deep, then back into cover for the bird.
Left: Came in left of guns into the shade. Hunted in trees, then back around mound to his bird.
Right: Drove past guns and hunted. Made a deep loop, then came back to the milo for her bird.
Left: went up left side into shade and hunted back cover. Then went quickly down to his bird.
Right: Drove right to the cover and got his bird.
Left: Into the pond, over the road, up the field to the mound. Into the back cover and then quickly into milo for his bird.
Right: Up into the cover and right back out with the bird. Nice!
Left: Right to the fall area and bird but left for a short loop by the guns. Then, back to the bird. Nice mark.
Right: Went right to it.
Left: Up under the arc just beside the bird. Back into the cover and out with the bird. Nice job.
Right: Up under the arc and a direct turn right to the bird.
Left: Just perfect. Right to it!
Right: Up around the guns and over to the bird.
Left: Left of the guns and back around the mound, then to the bird.
Right: Up around the guns and behind them. Then into cover for the birds.
Left: Up to the left side, then up under the arc and to the bird.
Right: Nice mark. Hunted in the fall area.
Left: Up to and behind the guns and over the the bird.
Conditions at 1:48 pm: The sky is bright and conditions are as perfect as can be. There's a slight 5-7 mph wind blowing from the mat towards the birds.
Right: Directly to the bird in the cover. Very nice!
Left: He went out to left side and over to the bird.
Right: Line up into fall area and right into the cover to find the bird. Nice!
Left: Right to the fall area and another nice mark.
Right: Made his way to fall area and hunted in and around guns and fall area. Found bird in the cover.
Left: Right to it.
Right: Up under the arc and into cover for the bird.
Left: Made a line just left of gun, then into fall area and back left to the bird.
Right: Across dam, into cover for the bird.
Left: Into the pond, great angle across field. Stabbed it.
Right: Down and across the dam. Out to area around guns. Dove into cover and got it.
Left: Into the pond, across the road, then up field. Came in left of guns. Went deep into shade, then back out to milo. Two stabs and he got it.
Right: Over the dam and across the road. Hunted mowed area, then came back into cover and got it.
Left: Into the pond, across the road, under the arc. Drilled it.
Test Four is a Water Double. The mat sits on top of a hill next to a tree line. At the base of a hill are two ponds with decoys divided by a dam. On the other side of the water, a gravel road runs left to right through the test. The far side of the road angles away from the road to a tree line that is bordered by a stand of milo on the right.
Bird #1: Rooster pheasant is on the far side field at the base of a mound. This bird is thrown right into the edge of the milo strip at 260 yards.
Bird #2: Rooster pheasant is thrown left. The guns are down the hill, across the dam, across the road, and into the milo at 230 yards.
The conditions are bright, hot and there is very little breeze.
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| Fourth Series |
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| 1st Bird – Rooster Pheasant – 260 yards |
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| 2nd Bird – Rooster Pheasant – 230 yards |
