Series 9 Land Triple with Two Retired Marks

H. Cooper Black has a tremendous variety fields with good cover and rolling terrain to chose from for the 2013 NRC tests. We are now near the club house where a few of the Series had already run. The sky is partly cloudy and the wind is gently out of the West switching to the Southwest at times steadily blowing at 5 to 10 MPH. The starting mat is facing to the East providing for all the marks to be down wind in this checkerboard patterned mowed field of a gentle roll. The dogs begin at the top of a hill looking down into the valley of another hillside.

The first gun station throws a Hen pheasant flyer angle back to the right landing in a cover strip measuring at 261 yards retiring into a manufactured brush pile. This will be referred to as the (HF).

The next gun station to throw is situated shorter and slightly left of the first mark measuring at 153 yards, it too retires in a manufactured brush pile. This mark will be referred to as the Middle Retired (MR) and throws a dead Hen pheasant angle back to the left landing in a cover strip.

The third and final mark of this Triple marking test is shorter and to the left of the second mark. It is a Rooster pheasant flyer measuring at 126 yards thrown flat to the left also landing in a cover strip. These gunners remain sitting out and visible from the line. It is currently 2:30pm with a Dew pt of 59%, Humidity of 65% and a temperature of 70°F, our High for the day.

This 9th Series test is averaging 6 mins per dog.