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Friday,
November 12th
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much cooler , cloudy
day arrived on Friday morning. It was in the 40's with
a brisk wind and higher humidity. Test seven was in
place and ready to go by 7 a.m. Seven dogs had run the
previous day leaving 19 for this morning. ( A correction
from the web report. Dog 32 had been reported a dropped
when she was not Also dog 60 should have been shown
as dropped. Sorry for the error.)
At 7 a.m. the only test dog illustrated that the test
was substantially the same although it was a bit more
downwind than the day before. Shortly after the first
running dog stepped to line to initiate the balance
of series seven. Once again it could a problem getting
dogs on and off the two points in play. Some tried to
duck behind the last one and handlers ran to and fro
trying to keep them in view and under control. By 10:10
the seventh was completed when team 62 was ferried from
the distant pick up point.
Callbacks came quickly and a mere 17 were left for the
eighth. I was a water triple located behind the previous
series.
Those lost were: 8, 21, 32, 48, 52, 59, 62, 68 and 76.
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Test
8- Water triple - Two retired guns
Test 8 - Closeup
The test was forming as participants arrived. The line
mat rested on a hill overlooking the left end of a pond.
The land rolled down to a cattail filled wet area then
gently up beyond. Across the cattails a short way up the
hill, a live gunner station was positioned. They shot
a flying hen mallard to the right where it fell 110 yards
away.. A good distance to the right, another station stood
along the far shore of the pond. They shot an threw a
dead duck, back right where it fell in the field 160 yards
away. Deep behind them and to the left, a third set also
threw a dead duck but angled it back to the left.
It landed in the pasture 190 yards away. The order was;
Far middle bird, right bird, flyer. It took about 12 minutes
per dog, more with hunts which was the case for some.
As the dog was sent for they flyer, the other two retired.
After the first few dogs, it became apparent that this
would also be a challenging set of marks. Dogs would be
out of sight for substantial periods of time while in
the cattails or beyond,behind the berm of the pond. Some
would square the shore and go off line on their way to
one or the other retired marks. Usually they would recover,
but some didn't - those needed handling. The flyer was
no "gimme" either and two were caught by it, either handling
or picking up.. There were several no birds and one dog
earned a rerun when he was distracted by a live duck landing
in front of him on his way to the last mark.
At 4:12, the eight was completed when dog #69, a rerun,
returned to line..
Callbacks came shortly after and only 13 potential
NFC's remained. The four lost were: 9. 25, 29, and 69
A land quad with 2 shot flyers would be the ninth. It
would begin at 7 a.m. with dog 19 starting. |
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Mike Lardy and 03 NFC "Patton" on line -
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