6th Series

6th Series - Water Quad with an Honor

 We are back at Fuller's #2 property in Paige, Texas. Test Six is a Water Quad with an Honor. The temp is 71 degrees with a wind coming from the southeast between 3-5 mph. The mat for this test sits on a rise facing the south towards a pond that angles east and west with fingers stretching farther east.

Bird One (Long Retired) is located in front of the mat and is a dead hen pheasant that is thrown left landing 240 yards from the line. The gunners retire behind a well brushed blind. The line to this bird is over a knoll through the finger of the pond and half way up a hill on the far side. This is dotted with trees and covered in knee-high grass. 

Bird Two (Left Flyer) is a rooster flyer thrown and shot to the left and landing approximately 240 yards from the mat. This is the left hand bird in this test. The line to the flyer takes the dog the full width of the pond and up the hillside.

Bird Three (Short Retired) is a dead hen mallard thrown to the left onto the edge of the pond 160 yards from the mat. This bird is between the first and second bird and sits just to the handlers left. The line to this bird will take the dog over a small levee then across the pond into a shallow water of the far side. This bird lands with a splash.

Bird Four (Right Flyer) is a hen pheasant flyer shot out of the test to the right at approximately 200 yards. The gunners are on the right side of the hill with a finger of water on the way. The dog's line to this bird will take it out across a small finger of water and up a wide open hill side, landing it in knee high grass.

This is a tight quad. The two flyers on the right and left sides are stand outs. The two retired birds are in the middle of the test and are very well disguised. The mixed bag of birds will cause even greater difficulty towards the line to the left stand out flyer and will be confusing to the dogs facing them up hill on the wrong side of the gun.

Sixth Series Water Quad

Bird #1 – Long Retired – 240 yards

Bird #2 – Left Flyer – 240 yards

Bird #3 – Short Retired – 160 yards

Bird #4 – Right Flyer – 200 yards

Diagram and Sketch by David Morrison