The test begins on top of a hill overlooking a large bowl-shaped valley. The field is mowed in a checkerboard pattern and sprinkled with oak saplings and old large round hay bails. The starting mat faces to the East and the wind is blowing constant out of the SW at 8 mph. The skies are partly cloudy and the temperature is a pleasant 64 degrees with a bit of humidity.
The gunners are situated in a valley of this large picturesque field. The first bird to be thrown is up the middle of the test. It is a dead rooster pheasant measuring at 125 yards. This dead rooster pheasant is thrown hard angled bakc to the left and retires behind some hay bails, with strategically placed oak saplings around it. This bird will be referred to as the Right Retired (RR) .
The next bird to be thrown is just deep and to the left, still situated in the valley and also retires behind some oak saplings. This mark is measuring at 176 yards, and they are throwing a dead hen pheasant, angled back to the left. We will be referring to this mark as the left retired (LR).
The third bird to be thrown in this land quad is a hen pheasant flyer. Thrown flat to the left, landing in cover. This gun station is sitting on the side hill up the valley and is measuring at 210 yards. We will be referring to this mark as the Hen Flyer (HF).
The fourth and final bird to be shot in this land quad moves the dog across the test to the far right. This gun station is also sitting somewhat on a side hill in the valley, throwing a rooster pheasant flyer flat to the right, measuring at 250 yards. We will refer to this fourth and final bird as the Go Bird (Go).
All of these birds are landing in a variation of cover.
Test time is averaging 9.5 minutes per dog to complete.
