The final Sixth Series for Flight C was at John and Mary
Stracka’s property, “Union Hill.” This was to be the site of all three of the
flights coming together for the final and six series. A last-minute decision
was made on a Thursday morning by the Hunt Test committee that the flights
would continue to run at the sites that they have been located all week, with
the exception of Flight C which was going to stay at Union Hill instead of returning
to Glen and Laurie Williams “Dog Pond Kennels.” This series consisted of a triple
with a double the first bird was a dead duck thrown to the right across from
the shore across the water landing on a peninsula at 65 yards. The middle second
bird was thrown to the left from the far shore onto a peninsula at 55 yards
from the line. The final bird was the duck flyer at 65 yards shot to the left landing
in tall cover. The water blind appeared to be a channel blind from the line with
what looked to be an island on the left and the peninsula on the right where
the middle bird had just landed. The direct line to the water blind on the far shore
of this technical pond was between those two pieces of land at 95 yards. The
line for the land blind was to the far right of the test. The bird was located
at 100 yards at the base of a very large brush pile.
The dogs began the series by retrieving the shot flyer to the far right of the test. The direct line to the mark took a sliver of the corner of the pond but was mostly run on land. Next was the left-hand dead duck which consisted of 35 yards of running on land before an angle entry into the pond onto the shore of the peninsula. The final middle bird was the longest swim across the pond into the middle of the peninsula. For the water blind, as the dog swam through the channel, they bounced off the left end shore of the peninsula where the second bird landed. The final retrieve of the 2017 MAI is the land blind at 100 yards off to the right. This test took about eight minutes to complete and was expected to be the first test to be completed today because it was set up long before the other two flights.
The dogs began the series by retrieving the shot flyer to the far right of the test. The direct line to the mark took a sliver of the corner of the pond but was mostly run on land. Next was the left-hand dead duck which consisted of 35 yards of running on land before an angle entry into the pond onto the shore of the peninsula. The final middle bird was the longest swim across the pond into the middle of the peninsula. For the water blind, as the dog swam through the channel, they bounced off the left end shore of the peninsula where the second bird landed. The final retrieve of the 2017 MAI is the land blind at 100 yards off to the right. This test took about eight minutes to complete and was expected to be the first test to be completed today because it was set up long before the other two flights.
Flight C – Test 6 – Judge's Scenario
Flight C – Test 6 – Test Dog
Flight C – Test 6 – Test Dog – Land Blind
