Friday, June 20, 2003 |
It had rained all night and morning dawned wet and cool. More rain was forecast until mid day, with gusty winds and temps in the 70's.
The suspended test (water blind) began on the dot with a single test dog at 7:30. The first running
dog #9 arrived at 7:40 Work appeared about the same as the previous day with dogs getting caught in the scent and a fair amount of handling near the end. The seventh ended at 8:35.
The suspended test (water blind) began on the dot with a single test dog at 7:30. The first running
dog #9 arrived at 7:40 Work appeared about the same as the previous day with dogs getting caught in the scent and a fair amount of handling near the end. The seventh ended at 8:35.
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Test 8 - Land Triple 2 Retired Guns and Honor - Close up
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Test 8 From Line
Participants were told to wait for callbacks and workers left for the new site in Cascade, 20 miles to the south, off Warm Lake Rd. Once on site, workers began to construct a water triple with two retired guns. The line was on the side of a hill that sloped to the pond beneath. To the right and beyond the water, the land rolled upward. To the far left, across the pond, a set of guns threw a dead duck flat to the left. It fell in pasture grass about 319 yards away. Closer to line , a second set stood at the right shore of the pond at the end of an elevated dike road. They threw a dead duck across a small bay of water where it landed on the grassy far shore 121 yards from line. It fell tight to the distant left holding. The last group was to the far right, high on a large round, sagebrush ringed hill. They shot a flying mallard angled back to the left that fell in the sagebrush, 227 yards away. As the dog was sent for it, the middle and left guns retired to brush covered blinds on the right. There was an honor box on the left. The order was left, middle right.
Callbacks were soon available and 27 challengers remained, 13 had been lost. Those were: 2, 9, 12, 16, 18, 24, 30, 46, 68, 76, 78, 79, and 88.
Test dogs were called to line at 10:30. Rugby ran first and did a nice job, while Ruby handled on the middle mark. After, Judges decided to add and additional (decoy) blind well up the far hill to the deep right of the left (live) one. With that, the first running dog, #47 was invited to line. He stepped to line about 11:20 a.m.
The flyer falls were varied and in sagebrush. The line to it went through a water ditch and up the hill. Most dogs shopped to find it and some dogs hunted quite a while.
Handlers took the short middle bird second. The configuration of the land made the line to it difficult for dogs. They had to go down the hill, cross the curving dike, hold a line along the sloping right side of the dike and cross it again. Then they had to swim across the small bay to the shore beyond where the bird lay. Most dogs went to the right, toward the holding blind instead. Some turned and ran down the far shore to recover it, while other hunted the no man's land deep to the right of the holding blind. One or two needed to or should have been handled back. Wind angled diagonally sharply from left to right across the test.
The long left mark caused the most problems. When sent for it, most dogs would square the pond to some degree as a straight line was discourages by a wide wall of tall cattails on the way. Once on the far shore, many were drawn to the longer, decoy blind deep on it's right and drove up the hill toward it. There many put on sizable hunts before either working their way down to the left mark or being handled to it. It took approx. 10 mpd to complete.
About noon, an announcement was made that the eighth would be the only test today. A 5 p.m. ETA was anticipated.
The test ended about 4:50 when # 41 was released from the honor box. None broke on the honor.
Callbacks came about 7:30 p.m. Only 16 had survived to run the 9th. They are: 6, 10, 29, 37, 38, 40, 41, 50, 53, 58, 62, 69, 73, 77, 92 and 104.
Eleven were lost: 7, 8, 23, 47, 49, 55, 75, 87, 89, 93, and 99.
Number 9 will be water marks in the Paddy Flats area of the #7 water blind.
Callbacks were soon available and 27 challengers remained, 13 had been lost. Those were: 2, 9, 12, 16, 18, 24, 30, 46, 68, 76, 78, 79, and 88.
Test dogs were called to line at 10:30. Rugby ran first and did a nice job, while Ruby handled on the middle mark. After, Judges decided to add and additional (decoy) blind well up the far hill to the deep right of the left (live) one. With that, the first running dog, #47 was invited to line. He stepped to line about 11:20 a.m.
The flyer falls were varied and in sagebrush. The line to it went through a water ditch and up the hill. Most dogs shopped to find it and some dogs hunted quite a while.
Handlers took the short middle bird second. The configuration of the land made the line to it difficult for dogs. They had to go down the hill, cross the curving dike, hold a line along the sloping right side of the dike and cross it again. Then they had to swim across the small bay to the shore beyond where the bird lay. Most dogs went to the right, toward the holding blind instead. Some turned and ran down the far shore to recover it, while other hunted the no man's land deep to the right of the holding blind. One or two needed to or should have been handled back. Wind angled diagonally sharply from left to right across the test.
The long left mark caused the most problems. When sent for it, most dogs would square the pond to some degree as a straight line was discourages by a wide wall of tall cattails on the way. Once on the far shore, many were drawn to the longer, decoy blind deep on it's right and drove up the hill toward it. There many put on sizable hunts before either working their way down to the left mark or being handled to it. It took approx. 10 mpd to complete.
About noon, an announcement was made that the eighth would be the only test today. A 5 p.m. ETA was anticipated.
The test ended about 4:50 when # 41 was released from the honor box. None broke on the honor.
Callbacks came about 7:30 p.m. Only 16 had survived to run the 9th. They are: 6, 10, 29, 37, 38, 40, 41, 50, 53, 58, 62, 69, 73, 77, 92 and 104.
Eleven were lost: 7, 8, 23, 47, 49, 55, 75, 87, 89, 93, and 99.
Number 9 will be water marks in the Paddy Flats area of the #7 water blind.
Roy Pelton Bob West
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