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9th Series

  


9th Series Test Description
Land Triple 
Spangler Property

We are at the Spangler property for the 9th Series, with the Spangler house in the background. It is 82 degrees and sunny with 8-10 mph winds from the South. The mat is located at the top of a hill looking Northeast down into a large bowl shaped field. This test has a flyer hen pheasant, a dead hen mallard and a dead hen pheasant.

Bird #1 is a hen mallard that is thrown to the left into the water from a hay bale, where the gunners retire to when the dog is sent. This station is located towards the middle of the field. This bird lands approximately 305 yards from the mat. (We will refer to this bird as MR for Middle Retired)

Bird #2 station is located on the far right with a hen pheasant that is thrown angled back to the left landing 190 yards from the mat. These gunners will retire behind a small spruce tree after the dog is sent. (We will refer to this bird as RR for Right Retired)

Bird #3 Is the hen pheasant Flyer station. This gun station located on left side of the field, and the bird is thrown angled back up the hill at about 150 yards from the mat. (We will refer to this bird as F for Flyer)

This test is taking about 7-10 minutes per dog to complete.

Dog #82 Starts this Series






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