Section A completed their fourth series and dogs 57-59 were added to yesterday's callback list.

The fifth series began with the handler and dog exiting the holding blind to the sound of a double pop, the shots signifying two ducks which had been dropped by our hunting partners. Since the duck which fell nearby on land simulated a cripple, that one had to be picked up first. The distance was approximately 45 yards and no teams had trouble with this bird. The second dead bird fell on the edge of a slough approximately 135 yards from the line. To retrieve this bird, the dog had to travel approximately 50 yards on land and enter the water at an angle. Swimming and lunging distance was an additional 85 yards and the angle exit was just past a beaver lodge on the edge of the slough. Many of the handlers experienced difficulty getting their dog into the water and/or keeping them in the water to the location of the blind. There were a number of pickups on this bird and additional dogs were lost due to cumulative control failures.

Callbacks to the sixth series (69 dogs):

Section A:
1-3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 14, 16-21, 28, 33, 35-38, 40-42, 44, 45, 48-51, 57, 59, 60, 62-64, 67, 71, 72, 76, 78.

Section B:
79-81, 83, 87, 91-93, 95, 105, 106, 108, 113, 114, 123, 127, 129-131, 133, 138, 141, 146-148, 150, 153, 154, 157.

The sixth series will continue with both sections combined. Five dogs from section A, beginning with dog 28, will run followed by five dogs from section B, beginning with dog 105. The dogs will continue to run in this alternating order, being judged by their own section's set of judges. The sixth series will feature a land-water triple using dead ducks launched from the automatic wingers. The seventh and last series, scheduled for Saturday, is currently planned as a double pheasant flyer.