Test 5 – Land Quad with Two Flyers and Two Retired
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day is starting out rainy and 41 degrees. At the moment, there is no
wind to mention. The mat and Judges' tent for this series are on a hill
facing south. The test lays in a large field with the marks running east
and west. The dogs will leave the mat running down the hill – crossing a
gravel road – and then dropping down another 10 or 12 feet to the field
below. We are in the "Power Line" or "Siren Field" field for this test.
This is a grassy field on the middle and left side. There are
intermittent rows of standing cover running both north and south. As you
look left, the rows are at more of an angle east to west. There are
trees surrounding the field, but they are at a distance that keeps them
out of play. There are also a few trees in the main field. The right
side of the field is a cut corn field with strips of standing stubble. This is an Inline Quad with Two Flyers and Two Retired.
Bird station #1 is a flyer station with a green head. The gunners are 165 yards from the mat shooting to the right in the cut corn rows and stubble. (We refer to this mark as RF for Right Flyer)
Bird station #2 is 240 yards from the mat and has two gunners retired behind a well-brushed hay bale, shooting and throwing a dead Rooster Pheasant to the Right. This bird lands in heavy cover radiating from the base of a large tree. (We refer to this mark as RR for Right Retired)
Bird station #3 is 245 yards from the mat and has two gunners in a well-brushed blind. They will shoot and then throw a dead hen pheasant to the right landing on a terrace that runs angle left to right across the field. A row of thick cover on the side of the terrace hides the bird until the dog comes up the terrace. (We will refer to this mark as LR for Left Retired)
Bird #4 is a hen pheasant Flyer shot to the left. The four gunners stand 270 yards to the handler's left, shooting so that the bird lands in tall cover. (We will refer to this mark as LF for Left Flyer)
The order for this test is right to left, starting with the green head moving to the retired rooster pheasant. They then throw the dead hen pheasant and the final bird on this left to right line is the hen pheasant flyer.
This test takes approximately 7-8 minutes per dog to complete.
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| 5th Series Land Quad with 2 Flyers and 2 Retired (left view of test) |
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| 5th Series Land Quad with 2 Flyers and 2 Retired (middle view of test) |
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| 5th Series Land Quad with 2 Flyers and 2 Retired (right view of test) |
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| Right Flyer – 165 yards – Drake Mallard |
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| Right Retired – 240 yards – Rooster Pheasant |
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| Left Retired – 245 yards – Hen Pheasant |
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| Left Flyer – 270 yards – Hen Pheasant |
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| Sketch of the Fifth Series by Jean Wu |
