1st Series

First Series - Land Triple with all Roosters - 2 Dead, 1 Flyer

Test One is a Land Triple with Two Retired. This test will have a rooster pheasant flyer and two dead rooster retired birds. The mat sits facing southwest in a field that has been mowed with long swirls of short grass and equal swirls of taller cover. The field is also dotted with hay bales.

 

Bird One is a long middle retired mark (Long Middle Retired). This dead rooster pheasant is thrown from right to left landing 310 yards in front of the mat. The gunners retire behind a group of hay bales.

 

Bird Two is on the handler's right (Right Retired). This dead rooster pheasant is thrown right to left, landing 168 yards from the mat. This bird falls in the heavier grass deep and left of the hay bales. The gunners then retire behind a clump of trees.

 

Bird Three is a rooster pheasant flyer (Flyer) shot to the left and landing approximately 170 yards from the mat on the handlers left side.

 

This field has been groomed for difficulty. The strips that have been mowed are about 20 feet wide. The taller or heavier grass strips have been left are approximately 15 feet wide. These strips run lengthwise through the field in a wavy pattern designed to make the line to the bird more difficult. This test is tight with the short rooster flyer making it very enticing.

 

 

Diagram and Drawing by David Morrison