Good morning on day three of NRC 202! from Mallard Pond at H. Cooper Black Memorial Field. We'll continue the Third Series right after the test dog runs.
It's
currently 37 degrees and clear with 10 mph winds blowing in the
handler's face (west-northwest) at a brisk 10 mph. We have it on good
authority that the weather should stay this way most of this morning.
The Third Series is a Water Triple at Mallard Pond.
The
mat faces west and sits on the east side of a draw that has been
dammed. The terrain has patches of exposed sand with clumps of brown
sage but is predominantly low cover of native grasses. Skies are clear
and the lighting should be consistent throughout the day. The background
of the field is lined by mature trees. The water structure contains
stumps throughout. There is a road between the water structures that
creates the left margin of our field. The road goes up to the gunners on
the far side and comes along the area between the line and pond on the
near side.
The
first station is the Right Retired gun on the far side of the pond. The
two-man team has a flat throw of a mallard hen at 230 yards. It lands
on the far shore in cover. The line will take the dog downhill, across
the road, over some slight terraces, and angle through the stump-filled
pond.
The
Short Retired gun is a rooster at 200 yards thrown right. The bird
lands near the base of a tree behind a ribbon of cover. The dog will
need to cross the pond, drive the hill, and go through the cover.
The
Flyer station sits to the right of the road, and the hen mallard flyer
is shot and thrown angled back to the left at approximately 250 yards.
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| Third Series Water Triple at Mallard Pond |
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| Right Retired – 230 yards |
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| Short Retired – 200 yards |
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| Flyer – 250 yards |
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| Sketch of the Third Series by Jean Wu |
