We arrived at Flight B , which was held on the property of Ken and Brenda Neil – "Whoa Nellie Farm" – in the early afternoon. It was a warm 84 degrees. This series consisted of a land triple with an honor using all rooster pheasants. The terrain slopes from right to left and the field of tall broom straw is strip-cut and has very few trees. The right-hand bird was thrown first from a brushed holding blind to the right landing 134 yards from the line. The middle bird was thrown second, also to the right, landing 100 yards from the line. On the left was the heavily brushed go bird flyer station which was shot out of the test to the left landing 86 yards from the line in heavy broom straw in the middle of several decoys.
The average time it took the dogs to run this set up while we were there was 3-1/2 minutes. The dogs ran down the hill to quickly pick up the flyer. When the dogs returned, they made a quick look to the right-hand bird but then selected to pick up the middle bird. Neither the middle bird nor the right-hand bird were easy with close to 70 percent of the dogs needing to be handled on one if not both birds. Judges Bill Cummins and Tom Lehr set up a challenging triple for the first series.
#21, Abandoned Road's Caffeine Explosion "Java" with handler Charlie Pugh
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| Test Diagram by Dave Christianson |
