Series 5 Land Quad Test Description

Today the 5th Series is being held at the Simonds' Elmore Ponds Testing Site, directions are located in the training/test site manual posted on the 2016 NARC BLOG IN THE LEFT MARGIN; click on the test description for each Series and it will give our location.

Today's Series 5 is a big test with four marks to be thrown on the land. These Judges are savvy to say the least, they have situated birds falling in areas the dogs are less likely to want to hunt. Great bird lacement is how we determine the dog's marking abilities.

The first mark to be thrown in this land quad is a Hen Pheasant Flyer. This gun station is nestled in the middle of this quad and measures a distance of 172 yards. The L Flyer is thrown flat and to the left, we will refer to this mark as the pLong Flyer, (L Flyer). The L Flyer is landing in short to medium native grasses.

The next mark to be thrown is situated to the right and slightly shallow of the L Flyer. The throwers are throwing this dead Hen Pheasant hard angle back toward a wood-line landing in medium cover tight against the wood-line. After all the bird are thrown, the gunners disappear and retire into the wood-line. We will refer to this mark as the Long Retired or (LR).

The third mark to be thrown in this Land Quad is a big swing across the test to the left corner of the field. The gunner's are standing a top of a levee throwing flat to the right with the bird landing in heavy, soggy marsh grass at the base of the levee. The third mark is a dead Hen Pheasant measuring a distance of 135 yards. The gunners are retiring in a brush covered holding blind at the water's edge of the pond in which they are standing to throw. We will refer to this station as the Short Retired or (SRET).

The final bird or go-bird of  this Land Quad is a big swing across the entire test to the right corner of the field. This mark is shallow of all the rest of the marks and situated to the far right of the field. They are throwing a Drake Mallard Flyer flat to the right. This bird is landing in short to medium native grasses as well.